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Wine Description
The Story
This is an utterly gorgeous wine that seduces and bombards the senses; suggesting a deep emotional connection between winemaker and vineyard landscape. The "unusually thick skinned" shiraz is sourced from Chris Ringland's dry grown vineyard - planted originally in 1910 on shallow skeletal granitic sandy loams over underlying clay on the edge of the Barossa Valley – but technically in Eden Valley. The wines are ‘painstakingly hand made’ in open fermenters – regularly plunged to extract colour, flavour and tannins. After basket pressing, fermentation is completed in 100% new French oak hogsheads. A period of up to 40 months oak maturation follows to achieve optimum complexity and balance between oak and fruit. The very limited release Three Rivers is about opulence, flamboyance, richness and concentration.
Top Vintages 2012, 2010, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1991
