Born into a European household, dinners are filled with verbose tales – each told over top of the last. A survival of the fittest, measured by octave endurance and conversational stamina. In a family where more is more – there is something to be learned from the less.

The same can be said for Margaret River’s Rosily Wines. In a region of showier counterparts, higher price tags and endless chatter, the brand remains unperturbed.

And if the family dinner table has taught me anything, people tune out to yelling.

Rosily Chardonnay 2024
$28 | 90 Points

A wine that historically prefers to whisper than shout – its enthrall uncompromised. The aromatics of a warmer vintage; pineapple, stewed quince, rockmelon, crystallised ginger and creamed rice doused in nutmeg. Its palate pieces together the tangibles of these aromas with the addition of peach skin fuzz, carob and lemongrass. The sweet dovetails nicely with a fresh bite, spurred on by its acidity, albeit somewhat fleetingly. Carried by a succession of gentle touches, the wine leaves with it a light fingerprint of spiced oak. A delicate mineral finish from a finely delivered Chardonnay.

Rosily Cartographer 2023
$26 | 90 Points

A Bordeaux blend embodies the perfect conversationalist- each member contributory (Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc) … whether that interest, body or spice. Together the wine speaks with ease, energy and a complexity that veers away from the stiflingly serious. Raspberry jube, black olive, blackcurrant, cedar and a faint air of graphite. Lighter weight and acid driven in style, there is a wispiness to the wine that sees benefit with time. Blackcurrant and mulberry flavours are strewn with dried mixed herbs and a savoury thread of black olive. Following its pleasant lift, granular tannins settle like sand on the tide giving way to a fleshy finish. Here is a conversation that doesn’t disappoint at $26.