Rosemount Estate HILL OF GOLD Shiraz Mudgee Region

Lovely lifted Jasmine freshness to the nose, with underlying apple, fig and melon flavours. (6 x 75 cl)

Blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours, underpinned by fine cedary oak. **** 4 Star Award Decanter Magazine April 2003 The grapes are exclusively from the Hill of Gold vineyards in Mudgee, New South Wales.Fruity nose with lots of berry fruit, dark chocolate and toasty oak. Firm tannin with rich but elegant fruit characters, long finish. Up to 2 years. (6 x 75 cl)

Formerly know as Jigsaw Red this wine has now been re-branded Rosemount Road. From fruit drawn primarily from the Murray River Valley, each batch of grapes are kept separate and a small proportion of wine is oak matured before final blending, takes place. The Shiraz gives hints of exotic spices, the Grenache, lively ripe fruit and a generous texture, while dark plum flavours derive from the Mataro. (12 x 75 cl)

Medium to full purple-red; clean, fresh, bright dark cherry fruit on the bouquet introduces a beautifully balanced and proportioned wine, with a mix of spicy/earthy secondary aromas. The palate is medium bodied with flavours all in a savoury spectrum. Estate produced from relatively young vines, and showing exceptionally skilful winemaking. This is what Australian Shiraz’s are all about. A fantastic example of a more subtle Australian Shiraz at its best – a medium bodied red with spicy/earth flavours and dark fruits. Mudgee is a small wine region to the north west of Sydney. It has some great red clay soils ideal for viticulture. Farmers Daughter is a boutique winery proud of its Mudgee and family routes. Lance and Gwen turned from farming to winemaking and named the winery for their daughters Michelle and Vicki. They recruited award winning winemaker Joe Lesnik who started making wine as an apprentice 38 years ago. Their 1999 Shiraz won the outstanding wine at the Mudgee Wine Show in 2001 and they have never looked back. We have two of their outstanding reds in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz and these bottles are prime examples of premium Aussie reds. (12 x 75 cl)

Full bodied and rich with a soft palate. (6 x 75 cl)

The Mudgee Shiraz is deep purple red in the glass. This wine displays plummy, peppery sweet fruit and toasted oak characters, great length of flavour and soft velvety tannins Mudgee is an Aboriginal word meaning -nest in the hills. The region has been growing wine grapes since the 1850’s and is highly regarded for producing rich and full flavoured red wines with well-structured tannins. Located 260km north-west of Sydney, Mudgee is considered a warm climate region and exceptionally suited to growing shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Fruit for this wine was sourced from The Rothbury Estate’s own vineyards at Mudgee on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and from long term growers in the region. Winemaking. The wine began fermentation in tank at warm temperatures for up to six days before being pressed and transferred into seasoned American and French oak barriques. The wine completed its fermentation in these vessels, gaining complexity and integration, and was matured in the same barrels for a further 12 months before bottling. (6 x 75 cl)

A delicious aroma of berries and spices interwoven with savoury American Oak. The palate is richly textured with dark plum fruit flavours. (6 x 75 cl)

Deep raspberry and cherry fruit flavours are enhanced by spice and pepper characters. (6 x 75 cl)

Ripe blackberry fruit flavours with spicy undertones provide a smooth, full flavoured, soft red wine. (12 x 75 cl)