2019 Ernest Allan Shiraz

Ernest Allan Rivers was a market gardener and vigneron; he was also the grandfather of Melissa Brown, one of the founders of Gemtree. Ernest Allan Shiraz is a wine that celebrates and validates the relationship between the earth and the vine.

Pair with rib eye fillet, duck fat potatoes and steamed greens or a baked mushroom and caraway filo parcel.

All fruit is hand harvested then destemmed. The whole berries are fermented on skins for seven days between 22 and 24 degrees Celsius undergoing gentle cap management to extract pure fruit characters and tannins. Post fermentation the skins are hand dug out of the fermenter and the free run and pressings wines are separated, before going straight to oak for maturation where they are racked and returned only once. After maturation the individual barrels are tasted before blending to select only those that truly demonstrate style and quality.
Fining – no
Filtration – yes