Rockbare Old Vine Shiraz
$2299each
$275DOZEN
WineryRockbare
Fruit Shiraz
Regions
  South Australia
Each $22.99
$275.00
Currently out of stock
Rockbare are heart, body and soul McLaren Vale. Fruit growers have been experiencing trying times of late. This has freed up some very old and precious Shiraz vineyards, which Rockbare have gleefully accepted into the fold. Tim Burvill is very gifted as a winemaker and also as a raider of isolate parcels of mature vines. He retains access to some of the Vale's best Shiraz. In the vintages since inaugural release, a number of 50+ year old vineyards have come to light, which have been assembled into an immensely satisfying experience.
RockBare was born out of a desire to create wines out of Australia's best viticultural regions. Parcels of very old Shiraz fruit, some of it hand harvested, are treated to warm static fermentations on skins for ten to fourteen days at 22�C No roto-fermenters used, preferring the tannin structure that results from an aerobic fermentation. Gentle pressing on skins using airbag press, followed by malolactic fermentations in barrel. The wines turn black as midnight as soon as they are crushed, and show an amazing tannin structure and varietal definition in the fermentations right from the word go. Matured fourteen months in a combination of new and prior use American and French oak. Alcohol 15.0%
TASTING NOTES
Sump oil black in colour. Full on scents of rich dark cooking chocolate that has just been melted in the pot, combined with a scrumptious Christmas pudding. Rich and intense, chocolate flavours will have you reaching for more than a glass and a half. Blackberries and blue , Rockbare finishes long and smooth, with a subtle licorice aftertaste, suitably attired alongside a smartly dressed lamb.
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About the Rockbare Winery
RockBare was born out of Tim Burvill's desire to create his own wine from fruit grown to Australia's best viticultural regions
Growing up in Western Australia, Tim's interest in wine was sparked at a young age by frequent summer holidays to the Margaret River region. He fell in love with the world of wine, his passion eventually saw him move to South Australia, where he completed an honours degree at Adelaide University's Roseworthy Campus. His first job was with Southcorp, which as Tim puts it "was the best start to a winemaking career that anyone could ask for." For the next 5 years Tim worked with Southcorp, travelling the country plying his craft in the Coonawarra (Wynns) and the Barossa Valley (Penfolds), the Sunraysia and the Riverland, refining his style alongside some of the best winemakers in the country. A rapid rise through the ranks soon saw him vested with the responsibility at the age of 25, of making Southcorp's ultra-premium white wines, including Penfolds Yattarna. In 2001, Tim decided to follow his own path and began RockBare, focusing on Chardonnay and Shiraz from South Australia's McLaren Vale. Rockbare»