2018 Rockbare RB1 Shiraz

APPEARANCE: Deep garnet with a youthful violet hue. AROMA: Blackberries, cherry and plum skin aromas, fragrantly supported by baking spices, star anise, black olive, and dark chocolate. PALATE: A medium-bodied plush wine, but still fresh and distinctive with the power and concentration of refined primary fruits. A core of blackberry and plum, with fantastic lively & textural tannins, supporting the fruit, right through to the finish.

The best parcels from the best sites in South Australia. This wine is from two low yielding adjacent blocks on a vineyard peppered with ironstone near Marananga in the Barossa Valley. The young clay loam soils around the region overlie an astonishing array of very old geology. At 280 metres above sea level, these mature vines produce wines of distinctive style and concentration.