Domaine Naturaliste by Bruce Dukes is now seen as one of the top wineries in Australia. 

Bruce Dukes makes a lot of Margaret River's finest wines, and not just his own. His winemaking facility caters to makers large and small, which gives him the capacity to manage his own production exactly as he pleases. And that's a feature of the Domaine Naturaliste portfolio, with wines that don't cater to prevailing trend, and indeed don't stick to their own script. The wines explore the capacity of each variety as expressed in its site to dictate stylistic directions. Chardonnay here can be deeply flavour and textural (Artus) while maintaining keen balance, or it can be pretty and elegant (Floris), or racy and mineral (Purus), and all are excellent, all gold medals in 2023. The other wines follow a similar arc, leaning into fruit to determine style, then leaning into style, but never too much, always keenly tuned, finely crafted and deeply thought out. Bruce is making thrillingly individual and characterful wines, inescapably Margaret River, but also decidedly unlike anyone else's. Halliday Wine Companion

“Bruce Dukes is wholly talented, and while he makes high-quality acclaimed wines for his own estate – Domaine Naturaliste. His winemaking style is one of fresh, pure fruit over obvious or intrusive winemaking artifact, and the wines routinely possess a polish and eminent drinkability.” - Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate.

The vine roots explore the ironstone rich gravelly soil, which sits above a highly permeable ironstone cap rock, resulting in a well drained and healthy soil. It is the intersection of soil, climate and vine which provides this extraordinary fruit. Each of their wines have a distinct story to tell and are considered by Halliday to be “Examples of deep-thinking, intelligent and experienced winemakers.