As anywhere, good wine begins in the vineyard and what is most important for a great wine is the terroir of the vineyard – the combination of soil and climate. At the Schubert vineyards (Roennfeldt Road, Barossa Valley), relatively mild winters and a slow ripening season couples with hand-pruning and hand-picking of low cropping vines to consistently produce fruit of excellent quality. This wine was produced from Shiraz grown on the first 12 rows of the Goose-yard Block, which corners the century-old Schubert homestead. The Schuberts' personal attention and time-honored viticultural practices, combined with traditional vinification and natural minimal processing, ensures its purity, integrity, texture and balance. Open air fermentation, basket pressing and barrel maturation, presents a style generally recognized as classic Barossa. Produced in limited quantity, this hand-made wine is soft and dry with intriguing length of flavor on the palate. The fruit flavor and impressive structure of this single-vineyard wine means that it can be enjoyed immediately but those with patience will find it should continue to develop for several years in good cellaring conditions.
