Barry Weinman | 25th September 2025

Singlefile Wines was co-founded in 2007 by geologists Phil and Viv Snowden, together with their daughter Pam and son-in-law Patrick Corbett. The family’s passion for wine was kindled during Patrick and Pam’s time living in Italy, which deepened their appreciation for exceptional wines.

After selling their consultancy, the Snowdens and Corbetts searched for the ideal site to establish a premium cool-climate vineyard, eventually settling on a property in Denmark, Western Australia. Drawing on their geological expertise, Phil and Viv selected a site in the Scotsdale Valley with established Chardonnay, Merlot, and Shiraz vines, originally planted in 1986. This property became the foundation for Singlefile’s acclaimed wines, especially their Chardonnay, which has become a hallmark of the estate.

From the outset, Singlefile has been a family-driven venture, with each member playing a key role: Patrick oversees wine production, Pam manages operations, and Phil and Viv maintain the vineyards and cellar door. The winery’s ethos centres on minimal intervention and a commitment to expressing the unique terroir of Denmark and the broader Great Southern region. Over time, Singlefile has earned a reputation for excellence, with its wines consistently recognised for quality and value. The estate’s resident geese, which famously waddle in single file, have become an endearing symbol of the winery’s character and sense of place.

Singlefile remains one of my favourite wineries in Australia, especially when you consider the value on offer.

REVIEWS

Singlefile The Pamela Riesling 2025
OMG. This is stunningly pure and quite perfect. The texture, power, intensity and presence is just spectacular. Seamless, silky. Oh so long and fine. Talc. This is both delicate and intense at the same time. One of the finest wines to come out of the Great Southern. The gentle phenolics are a highlight allowing the ripe fruit to shine. From a vineyard in the southern part of the Porongorups. Subtle. 12.1% alc.
96 points

Singlefile Fumé Blanc Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Fruit for this wine comes from the Wignalls vineyards in Albany, a very mature planting. This is very recognisable as Sauvignon Blanc, but also classically Singlefile in that there is very clever winemaking adding depth and texture. If anything, the worked components have been wound back a notch, allowing the fruit to take front and centre. With air, the fruit builds, as does the winemaking, giving the wine greater presence.

94 points

Singlefile Family Reserve Chardonnay 2024
This is very good indeed and something of a bargain! A very intense offering that has depth and layers to the fruit, supported by supple, sympathetic oak handling. Despite the intensity, it is actually quite shy and reserved at first glance, until the pineapple-tinged peachy fruit really builds depth and intensity in the glass. A superbly made wine that boasts innate power and great depth. Brilliant winemaking on show here, the texture is a real highlight. While this is drinking a treat already, I can’t help but feel that 5 years in the cellar will add even more to the package. Nine months in oak (one third new), regular bâtonnage, partial Malolactic fermentation. 13.4% alc.
Drink: Now-2032 | 96+ points | $63

Singlefile The Vivienne Chardonnay 2022
This is quite superb. A rich, powerful wine that has been given royal treatment. Viscous, textured, the oak building texture and depth, with a creamy, seamless finish. Great length of flavours. Held back in the winery to allow it to develop sufficiently in bottle to make for great drinking. Uniquely for the winery, this wine is still made by Mike Garland and uses a variety of picking windows, with early, middle and late picks giving the winemaker a range of blending materials to play with. The wine underwent wild fermentation, partial malolactic fermentation, spent five months on lees and used a variety of cooperages in the ageing process. 12.8% alc.
Drink: Now-2035 | 95 points

Singlefile Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
Amazing fruit here that is ripe, dense and powerful and initially presenting in the blueberry spectrum. The palate is seamless, silky and very, very fine, with excellent length and depth, and tremendous persistence of flavours. A complete wine, where the exquisite winemaking has resulted in a wine that is very polished, with the oak (30% new), tannins and acid management all seamlessly integrated into the whole package. A bargain! 14.2% alc.
Drink: Now-2035 | 95 points | $40

Singlefile Malbec 2024
Super ripe, plush and succulent, this wine is a riot of flavours. The juicy, succulent fruit complemented by gentle spice, coffee and chocolate notes. This is not trying to be a blockbuster wine. Rather, it is a fun wine full of life and personality that is perfect for a spring BBQ or lazy Sunday afternoon. 14.7% alc.
Drink: Now-2028 | 93 points

Singlefile Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2023
This is an altogether more serious wine that combines ripe though restrained cooler fruit and Burgundy-like structure in a compelling package. While it is not as immediately accessible as the Single Vineyard, it has more structure and depth and is more impactful on the finish. The fruit is in the cherry spectrum, and is complemented by fine, texturing tannins and oak. Ultimately, I would like to see this in a year or two, but it still represents great drinking now, perhaps with pulled pork belly sliders. From the winery’s Denmark vineyard planted to clones 777 and D5V12, aged 18 months in French oak (35% new). 13.9% alc.
Drink: Now-2030 | 95+ points | $63

Singlefile Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024
Another very fine wine that perfectly straddles the boundary between ripe fruit and savoury structure. The wine is quite deceptive, as on first taste it is supple and slurpable, with the ripe fruit the feature. But once swallowed, the sophisticated structure makes an impact, adding texture and depth and a degree of seriousness that belies its drinkability. Seamless and most impressive. From Mt Barker, the wine spent 7 months in 225L French oak barriques (30%new). 14.2% alc.
95 points

Singlefile Clement V 2024
Gee. The fruit here is something else, positively exploding from the glass with waves of pretty, ripe fruit. On the palate, the fruit continues, but here, the structural components serve to act as a perfect counterpoint to the cherry and plum notes. Fine and lithe, with gentle herbal notes that add interest. How this is succulent and near seamless, yet textured and structured is beyond me. Great drinking now, but likely to gain more depth with 3-5 years in the cellar (or more). The fruit for this wine comes from the Riversdale vineyard in Frankland River. 14.0% alc.
95 points | $38