Wild Cattle Creek Estate

Wild Cattle Creek Estate

Wild Cattle Creek Estate

I had the pleasure of being invited to dine at Wild Cattle Creek Estate on behalf of the Australian Good Food Guide. We arrived at the Yarra Valley on a beautiful evening and were blown away with how beautiful the property was.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate has accommodation, vines, a tasting room as well as a restaurant. The wines here are crafted with locally sourced grapes all within 5 km from the restaurant and winery door, making this a very local winery.

The restaurant also follows along with this local theme, utilising local ingredients as much as possible.

The 1887 homestead accommodation is also part of the property.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate is recently under new ownership, but the retention of local staff has made for a smooth transition as they had a very good understanding of the menu. They were also very helpful in a warmly traditional way that can be hard to find these days.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate vineyardWild Cattle Creek Estate Wine glass

To the food.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate Dinner tableWild Cattle Creek Estate Dining Room

For entree we ordered the lamb and calamari. The shaved celeriac was a perfectly crunchy accompaniment to the perfectly cooked calamari and the deliciously creamy mash.

Calamari entree Wild Cattle Creek Estate Wild Cattle Creek Estate entree

For our main meal we tried the epically generous proportion of pork which our waitress had advised would have very good crackling. She was right. The accompanying purple potato mash was surprisingly creamy and added a great note of visual interest.

Our ruby red wine was light and sweet.

The polenta was the surprising star of the hearty chicken dish.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate ChickenWild Cattle Creek Estate Pork with celeriac and purple potato

At the time we visited the restaurant was without a permanent chef,  but the honest, tasty dishes stood up well under the hand of whoever was cooking it. This is food with few tricks but lots of simple pleasures.

We finished the night by ordering the dessert board which was another recommendation from our  waitress. It is apparently very popular and once it arrived I could see why. Layers of delicious sweet cakes and desserts, it looked as good as it tasted.

Wild Cattle Creek Estate dessert boardWild Cattle Creek Estate dessert platterWild Cattle Creek Estate dessert platter

Overall, the flavours and combinations at Wild Cattle Creek Estate were reliably good. This is comforting food to please the locals as well as tourists and overall this was a very enjoyable meal.


The details

Wild Cattle Creek Estate

473 Warburton Hwy, Seville

Phone: (03) 5964 4755

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