Fire Block 1926 Old Bush Vine GSM
$2499each
$299DOZEN
WineryFire Block
Fruit Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre
Regions Clare Valley
  South Australia
Each $24.99
$299.00
Available by the dozen
Fire Block was excised from a large grazing property in 1923, out of concern that sparks from passing locomotives on the new Clare Valley railway could start bushfires. Situated on the western slope of the Valley, established to vines in 1926, the gnarled old veterans of Fire Block are grown to traditional dryland viticulture, with no systemic sprays or chemical fertilizers. From one of the most parched sites in Valley Clare, the vines sprout bunches of tiny shrivelled berries, yielding small volumes of intensely flavoured juices, to be vinified by the eminent O'Leary Walker winemaking team.
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Fire Block 1926 Old Bush Vine GSM
WineryFire Block
Fruit Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre
Regions Clare Valley
  South Australia
  Each $24.99
  $299.00
Available by the dozen
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Fire Block Old Vine Grenache
WineryFire Block
Fruit Grenache
Regions Clare Valley
  South Australia
  Each $24.99
  $299.00
Available by the dozen
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Fire Block Old Vine Shiraz
WineryFire Block
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Clare Valley
  South Australia
  Each $24.99
  $299.00
Available by the dozen
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Fire Block Watervale Riesling
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Fruit Riesling
Regions Clare Valley
  South Australia
  Each $22.99
  $275.00
Available by the dozen
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About the Fire Block Winery
By Bill and Noel Ireland of Flinders Bay fame, Fire Block is a site that was planted predominantly to Grenache in the 1920s
Situated beside the old Watervale railway station site, Fire Block vineyard was originally planted in 1926, making the Shiraz and Grenache vines over 80 years old. The historic Fire Block vineyard was named for it's dangerous proximity to the passing railway engines of yesteryear, imperilled by the sparks of the locomotives that often started bushfires. Fire Block»