Rockcliffe Estate 2018 Third Reef Shiraz (6 Bottles) Denmark, WA

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AWARDS: 95 points – Halliday Wine Companion

Elegant perfumed bouquet of bramble fruits and savoury spice.The palate displays considerable fruit concentration of plum and dark berries. The fine ripe tannins are very well integrated with fruity and savoury characters providing a velvety texture.

COLOUR: Deep Crimson with a purple hue.

NOSE: Elegant perfumed bouquet of bramble fruits and savoury spice.

PALATE:  The palate displays considerable fruit concentration of plum and dark berries. The fine ripe tannins are very well integrated with fruity and savoury characters providing a velvety texture on the palate.

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WINEMAKING
The fruit was machine picked then destemmed/crushed int0 small open fermenters and inoculated. The fermenters were pumped over with aeration twice a day, temperature was held around 25°C, then allowed to warm up for a long post ferment maceration. The wine was then transferred in barrel for malo-lactic fermentation, allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. The wine was fined then bottled.

PALATE
The palate shows dense fruit concentration of plum and dark berries. The ripe and juicy fruit combine with long fine tannins and lingering spice.

VINTAGE NOTES
2017 started well with good flowering giving us hope of a good cropping year after the small 2016 vintage. It ended slowly and as with any vintage changing many times along the way. March arrived as did the rain causing everyone concern thankfully not as heavy as did in some areas. The weather cooled heading into April but the sun came out and slowly reds ripened and picked and headed into tanks looking good with many excellent parcels throughout all varieties.

2017 was a long and interesting vintage, fruit staying on the vines many weeks later than previous years creating great flavour and development.

Rockcliffe Wines, Denmark WA

Rockcliffe is rated as 5 red stars in James Halliday Wine Companion.

Rockcliffe is named after the stretch of 100m high granite rock cliffs that dominate the eastern end of Denmark’s main bay. The same granite lies beneath the winery and gives distinctive characteristics to the wine.

Our brands reflect our love of the Ocean and how important it is to the vineyard. Located less than 15km from the Southern Ocean, we are gifted with sea breezes all summer to cool the vineyard, creating the perfect conditions for the slow ripening, cool climate styles that symbolize the Great Southern.