Description
Siblings Jasper and Sophie Button returned home some years ago to help save their family vineyard nestled in the Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills, planted primarily to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay 20 years ago by their mother.
They began restoring the site and transitioning to organic and biodynamic farming, and at some point decided that rather than sell off their prized grapes to others, they’d turn their hand to winemaking.
Here's a tasting pack of two Chardonnays, a Pinot Noir and their new McLaren Vale red blend to get familiar with their style.
- 2023 Commune of Buttons Basket Town Chardonnay
- 2023 Commune of Buttons Commune Chardonnay
- 2023 Commune of Buttons Eurilla Pinot Noir
- 2023 Commune of Buttons Sable Syrah Grenache
2023 Commune of Buttons Basket Town Chardonnay
The Basket Town Chardonnay is the perfect entry-point to sample the stellar style of Adelaide Hills Chardonnay coming out of the Button's cellar at the moment...
The blend of vineyards that contribute to this wine include Udys and Commune of Buttons vineyards in Piccadilly and Kas Sluiter Vineyard in Onkaparinga.
It's a more opulent number, at least aromatically, with an orchard of stone fruits apparent. That richness diminishes on the palate, as it tightens up, becoming fine and chalky. Classic COB tension and freshness. It's a delicious, stylish, modern Adelaide Hills Chardonnay.
“The wine is saline and tightly bound. There is excellent texture and mouthfeel from slow pressing and great focus and minerality from light extraction. The cool, wet conditions for 2023 made for aromatic, pretty Chardonnay wines dominated by ample white pear and citrus characters.”
- Jasper button
2023 Commune of Buttons Commune Chardonnay
The Commune of Buttons Chardonnay is a beautifully pure expression of Adelaide Hills terroir, crafted with care by Jasper Button. Sourced from the biodynamically farmed ABC and Clover vineyards, this Chardonnay captures the unique character of the Basket Range, where ancient soils and diverse microclimates foster intensely flavoured fruit.
Hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed, the wine spent 11 months in 600L French demi-muids, resulting in a Chardonnay that balances bright fruit with elegant texture. Aromas of pear, peach, and zesty citrus are framed by a chiselled minerality, with a saline, stony finish that speaks to its precise craftsmanship.
Jasper’s minimal-intervention approach ensures that this wine remains a true reflection of its environment, highlighting the freshness and complexity of fruit from these special vineyards. The 2023 release is concentrated yet refined, a perfect match for those seeking energy and finesse in their Chardonnay.
For lovers of expressive, site-driven wines, this is a great offering from Jasper that is amongst the most exciting small batch Chardonnays in the region this year.
94 points
"It’s snappy and tart, refreshing and pure, yet a quiet undercurrent of nutty, oatmeal and sourdough savouriness builds quietly under green apple, pink grapefruit and lime. Energetic wine, crystalline in texture with a haze of gentle, talc-like minerality to finish and veins of saline and brine shot through it all. I like the wine even more half an hour after opening and as it came up in temp a little (not warm of course!). It has dimensions and tension and vibrancy on its side. Delicious, is the motif. Top flight Adelaide Hills chard."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
2023 Commune of Buttons Eurilla Pinot Noir
Commune of Buttons is all about embracing nature, with the Button family farming biodynamically and crafting wines that are pure reflections of their unique vineyards. Jasper’s meticulous approach, honed over the years on his family’s Basket Range property, ensures that each bottle tells a story of place and time.
This Pinot Noir comes from the small Cemetery Vineyard in Piccadilly Valley, a half-hectare plot with deep, alluvial black sand soils. The fruit is all handpicked and sorted with care, embodying the Commune’s commitment to gentle, minimal intervention winemaking. The wine spent 10 months in three-year-old French barriques, allowing it to develop without overshadowing the vibrant fruit.
Bright and lively, this Pinot Noir offers up a beautiful medley of cranberries, raspberries, and strawberries. There’s a lovely freshness to the wine, with mouth-watering acidity and fine, structured tannins. Beneath the fruit, you’ll find subtle notes of bay leaf and cardamom, adding complexity and depth to this already captivating wine.
Commune of Buttons is all about celebrating the land and the seasons, with every wine Jasper makes reflecting the history, care, and passion poured into the vineyards. The 2023 Eurilla Pinot Noir captures this ethos perfectly—bright, elegant, and a true snapshot of the Piccadilly Valley.
93 points
"Very pale garnet colour in the glass. There’s a distinct savouriness to this wine, crushed, Autumn leaves, button mushrooms, sour cherry, light cranberry, some rose hip tea going on. It’s washy and pale in flavour but delivers a brightness of bloody and orangey acidity with sage leaf and bay leaf around that. Sweetness follows each sip, a touch of shrubbery, some pepper. It’s a delicious drink, fine in its way, quietly complex."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
2023 Commune of Buttons Sable Syrah Grenache
A new wine here from Jasper Button - this is an exciting debut release from the deep sandy soils of the Sable Vineyard in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. A blend of 60% Syrah and 40% Grenache from 80-year-old vines, this wine reflects both the unique terroir of McLaren Vale and Jasper Button’s considered, minimalist winemaking.
Hand-harvested and fermented with gentle extraction, this wine exudes a beautiful balance between freshness and complexity. Expect a core of ripe plum and violet, with fine tannins and a refreshing lift of natural acidity, all thanks to the sandy soils. It was aged in fibreglass tanks for 10 months, which preserves its bright fruit and elegant structure, making it light and approachable while still full of character.
While we mostly love Jasper for what he's been doing from his own vineyard in the Adelaide Hills, and his leased properties, this is a fun divergence into this neighbouring region and it's great value to boot.
93 points
"Nice slosh, nice slurp, a fuzz of hazy tannin and a clip of alpine herbal lift. Tart, black cherry, sappy pomegranate juice, just ripe raspberry, aniseed, truffle, pepper. Feels quite concentrated and yet lighter spectrum red wine zone at the same time – an unusual balance but geez it works and drinkability is high. There’s some fruity sweetness here but feels metered too, and refreshing tannins lend a little chomp to close. Pleasure central."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
| Price Bracket | $31 to $40 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Feature |
Natural/Lo-Fi |
| Size | 7 |
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