Bogan goes Walkabout Rouge
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2–5 years of the vintage release to appreciate its vibrant fruit character.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, charcuterie boards, roasted Mediterranean vegetables
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by Australian-born winemaker Mark Haisma, 'Bogan goes Walkabout' is a playful nod to his heritage and his winemaking journey. The term 'bogan' is affectionate Aussie slang, while 'walkabout' refers to a journey of discovery. For this cuvée, Haisma goes on a viticultural walkabout outside his Burgundy base to source high-quality Syrah and Grenache from the Rhône Valley. Vinified in his Gevrey-Chambertin cellar with his signature low-intervention, terroir-driven approach, this Vin de France red bridges the gap between the sun-drenched intensity of the French South and the elegant, detail-oriented winemaking style of Burgundy. The result is a bright, energetic, and highly approachable red that prioritizes pure fruit expression, subtle spice, and fine-grained tannins over heavy extraction.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by Australian winemaker Mark Haisma, formerly head winemaker alongside Dr. Bailey Carrodus at Yarra Yering, this micro-négociant and domaine operation is anchored in Gevrey-Chambertin. Transitioning from an artisan négociant sourcing fruit across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune to an estate vigneron with parcels in Gevrey and the northern Mâconnais, Haisma pursues an organic viticultural philosophy with minimal cellar intervention. His winemaking focuses on gentle extraction, judicious use of whole clusters, ambient yeast fermentations, and neutral oak to highlight transparent site expression rather than cellar imprint. Alongside benchmark village and premier cru Burgundies such as Gevrey-Chambertin and Volnay, Haisma crafts northern Rhône Syrah and cheeky, iconoclastic bottlings such as 'A Bogan in Bogandy' and his Mâconnais-grown Shiraz, delivering wines defined by mineral tension, savory freshness, and precise fruit purity.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah, Grenache