RockBare was born out of a passion to make great wines out of the nation's most invaluable parcels of vine. The people of Rockbare work to a belief that wine should tell a story about the terroir whence it originates, that the vines deserve lots of love and care, that the winemaking process should be the subject of minimal handling to allow the vineyard to do what it does best. Perfumed of melty rich dark chocolate, the ripest blackberries and blue plum flavours will have you reaching for another glass before the first is even half gone, made for food, suitably attired alongside a smartly dressed lamb.

$2599each $311DOZEN EACH DOZEN

The pick of Watervale fruit from a very special, hand selected site amongst the idyllic, rolling pastorals of Valley Clare. An intensely fragrant blend of freshly squeezed tahitian lime and blossom frangiapan over a subtle hint of wet stones, youthful and bright, fresh lime intense on the palate. A term of extended lees contact and four months stirring battonage introduces complexity, textural richness, crisp and dry, a beautiful line of grapefruit acidity to the finish.

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RockBare are raiders of precious but wayward vineyards, planted to outdated standards of viticulture, sadly unviable for large scale winemaking. These are however, precisely the nature of site that Rockbare retain. An assemblage of old and very old vines Shiraz, the ferments display exceptional properties as soon as they are crushed, exhibiting amazing tannin structure and remarkable eloquence. By any measure, a splendid McLaren Vale Shiraz, it is not often that parcels of such high quality are collated and vinified into such an opulent yet accessible wine.

$2299each $275DOZEN EACH DOZEN McLaren Vale is one of the world's premier regions for deeply flavoured, full bodied Shiraz, but the Australian wine industry has been going through a very rough period. Within McLaren Vale, this made some incredibly old and amazing Shiraz vineyards suddenly available, which were gleefully accepted into the RockBare fold. Parcels of old vine Shiraz, some of the oldest in Australia, up to 140 years of age, are inoculated and treated to a warm vinification in static fermenters on skins for up to a fortnight at 22C. The wines are gently pressed on skins with the aid of an airbag before sending to a selection of seasoned and new French and American oak barrels for completion of malolactic and eighteen months maturation.

Vivid purple, violet hue. An elegant, lifted nose of bramble and fleshy raspberry, hints of violet, cedar and cloves. Succulent mulberry and red currant fruit harmonise with velvety chocolate, mocha and sweet vanillin flavours, the oak only just manages to poke its head above the tidal wave of Shiraz flavours. Trademark RockBare liquorice tannins will continue to mellow and evolve.

From a splendid, hand chosen site in McLaren Flat, its deep, fertile soils encouraging the large, pungent Tempranillo berries to ripen with an abundance of flavour. Samplings of fruit off the vines become ever more frequent as harvest approaches, such is the pleasure of tasting the grapes, a swarm of local bees are equally excited by the juicy sweetness. Winemaking inputs are kept to a minimum, purposefully matured in a selection of larger format, seasoned French oak, taming the tannins while allowing the quality of fruit to shine.

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Deep crimson, violet hue. Leather and earth, tobacco leaf nose, delicate herbal note with pungent, fruity essence wafts of plum and wild strawberry. An exuberant, positively plump palate of sarsaparilla and cherry cola up front buoyed by juicy cranberry and blueberry notes that effortlessly fuse with underlying elements of chicory, clove and sweet vanilla. Lingering finish of chalky, Dutch cocoa tannins.

The Rockbare team love their viticulture, they work tirelessy in the vineyard to realize the most splendid harvests, the definition of McLaren Vale Cabernet, prize parcels of fruit exhibiting deep, rakish colour and lined with polished showroom tannins, profound varietal character and alluring regional charm. A course of extended macerations, long slow ferments and judicious measure of refined French oak, has achieved a compelling Cabernet Sauvignon that's seamless and superb, artfully fashioned for accompaniement alongside the finest fare.

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Some of the gnarled and twisted old vines which yield the grapes for Rockbare date back to the first days of Barossa settlement in the 1840s, when pioneers replanted their precious cuttings from Europe. Grenache is hand harvested, hand sorted and vinified to dryness over the course of a fortnight, basket pressed into seasoned French oak barriques for malolactic on lees. Vibrant, punchy and driven by red berry notes, fashioned to display fresh lively fruit character, textural complexity and a savoury finish on a fine length of malleable walnut tannins.

$2699each $323DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$2699each $323DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Bunches of Grenache are all hand picked and quickly pressed to extract just the right amount of precocious pink hue, vinified to dryness over the course of a fortnight and treated to a course of lees stirring battonage for optimal palate richness. A fragrant, delightfully drinking, strawberries and cream style of blush wine, brimming with bright red berry fruit characters, peach notes and zesty blood orange tang, slightly savoury at the finish, ideally to accompany pink fleshed fishes, flavourful Mediterranean recipes and Al Fresco fare.

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An enduring cult wine, originally vintaged in the 1960s, still hand crafted in small batches, from priceless pressings of century old Mourvedre bush vines. Veritas was a quaint but salubrious wineworks at Tanunda along Langmeil Road, The Rolf Binder headquartes for a half century, Veritas sired many of the Barossa's most memorable vintages. A judicious inclusion of estate Shiraz to the ancient bush vine Mourvedre contributes essential peppery spice, the affable earthyness of Barossa melty chocolate, plush tannin ripeness and sweet fleshy plum.

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$2999each $359DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$2599each $311DOZEN EACH DOZEN