Thorne Clarke Wines 2022 Single Vineyard Selection Riesling (6 Bottles) Eden Valley

by Thorn-Clarke Wines

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The Single Vineyard Selection range focuses on single site, small batch wines, highlighting the true characteristics of each individual variety. Each block is hand selected by our winemaker and viticulturist each year, choosing the wines that best reflect the strengths of each individual vintage.

The 2019 vintage in the Barossa can be summed up with two key points; low yields and high quality. Winter in 2018 was extremely dry and with high winds, frost and rain at flowering, the Thorn-Clarke vineyards had a lot to contend with. As a result the vines had a very small amount of bunches and small amount of berries per bunch. Low yield though led to concentration of varietal characters in the bunches and the berries produced this year were intense in fragrance & flavour. Best of all they have an amazing balance. Truly 2019 will sit alongside the greatest vintages the Barossa has seen this century.

WINE MAKING
Harvested during the cool of night at optimal maturity. The grapes were destemmed and pressed off immediately with the free run portion separated for the Single Vineyard Series Riesling. Fermentation was carried out at cool temperatures to retain the vibrancy of the fruit. This was fermented to dryness and has had no malolactic fermentation. This wine has minimal fining and filtration.

About The Single Vineyard Selection

As a 6th generation grape grower, the Thorn-Clarke family are custodians of 240 hectares of vineyard that includes holdings in some of the most southerly and northerly sites in the region. However, understanding the incredible diversity of Barossa soils and the impact on the characteristics of different varietals led us to look further afield than just our own estate. We reached out to acclaimed growers and began the process of creating a range of wines that would truly showcase what the Barossa region has to offer.

Our Single Vineyard Selection is an artisanal collection of small batch wines, produced from single vineyards throughout the Barossa and Eden Valleys.

The focus of the Single Vineyard Selection is to showcase the quality and diversity of regional wines of either traditional or alternative varietal make up. These wines receive very limited winemaking intervention, minimal filtration, and are matured in mostly old oak. The objective is drinkability, balance and harmony with food, without compromising complexity or the nuances of the individual sites.

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About Thorn-Clarke Wines

The name Thorn-Clarke derives literally from the relationship of two long time Barossa families. Founders David and Cheryl Clarke (nee Thorn) work with their son Sam in this family orientated business. The Thorn-Clarke family has a long history in the Barossa – six generations of involvement in the regions world famous wine industry.

Today the Clarke family is one of the Barossa Valleys largest grape growers and winemakers with over 700 acres of vineyard spread across four sites in the Barossa and Eden Valley. Having grown grapes and sold the fruit to other wineries for a number of years the Thorn-Clarke name is relatively young as a winemaker with the release of the first wines in 2001.

Thorn-Clarke Wines

In 1987, David and Cheryl Clarke bought their first property, Kabininge, near Tanunda. The family started to plant vines and it could all have ended right there. As the baby vines grew, David and Cheryl’s kids, Sam and Nicole, were conscripted to help water, prune and pick, all by hand. These were the hard yards.

This is when Cheryl took charge and called in her family, the Thorns. Her father, Ron, and her brothers soon had the vineyard in premium condition, and it started to bear fruit - very good fruit, in fact - a tribute to David’s site selection and the Thorns’ vineyard management.

For over 10 years, the vineyards developed a fine reputation and the fruit was sold to neighbouring winemakers, who turned it into award-winning wines. This was pleasing, but hardly fulfilling.

The leap of faith was taken with the 1998 vintage - small batches of Shiraz were made through to wine - and so began the Thorn-Clarke story.