Wines

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All Vintara wines come from low yielding (less then 1.5 tonnes per acre) bush vines on the Vintara vineyard located approximately 12 kms east of Rutherglen just south of the Murray Valley Highway.

Due to the low yields only a few hundred cases of each wine will be made each year

Vintara wines are not pumped until they are separated from skins. The grapes are machine picked into specially designed and built forkliftable bins that are also used for fermentation. These bins have doors, which allow the grapes to be directly fed into a crusher destemmer that sits above the fermenter.

All Vintara reds are hand plunged twice a day during fermentation. Once fermentation is complete the fermenters are then lifted above the airbag press and fed directly in. Wines then go directly to barrel where they mature until bottling.

The pressings from each wine is matured separately from the free run and blended prior to bottling. The aim is to have wines of generous flavour but low harshness and coarseness. The wines are to be elegant.

Vintara wines have no added tannins or oak chips. They are matured for one to one and a half years in 1 to 3 year old French and American hogsheads.

All Vintara wines are cold stabilized and earth filtered prior to bottling.

The Vintara name is derived from Tara – being a mystical hill in Ireland that was for centuries the great meeting place of Kings. From Tara you can see much of Ireland. Michael's great grandfather named his property Tara on settling in Rutherglen some 150 years ago. Michael and Lisa then called their vineyard Vintara for it’s spectacular views.

2006 Riesling A true Rutherglen Style, rich fruit flavour, clean and with just enough acidity it keep it balanced. An easy drinking style.

2006 Sangiovese Lots of black cherry Sangiovese character, this unwooded style is very fruity and rich with just a hint of acidity. Great for that casual dinner or lunch. On a hot day serve slightly chilled.

2005 Shiraz Our Rutherglen style Shiraz is big and rich. Pepper undertones highlight the rich plum and strawberry flavours of this wine

2005 Tempranillo From the most widely planted and recognised variety of Rioja in Spain this French styled wine is elegant, showing lots of secondary fruit characters - coffee, cinnamon and anise. Enjoy with game style dishes.

2005 Durif Both Vintara's and Rutherglen's flagship variety. Our durif is a very big rich wine with lots of fruit flavour, our careful handling of the grapes and wine have delivered a wine of great intensity yet smooth and attractive to drink now.

The Vintara vineyard also has Viogner, Grenache, Mouvedre (Mataro), Cinsault (Blue Imperial), Petit Verdot, Dolcetto and a few others - these wines have either not come up to expectations or are not in the style we are looking for so will not be released from the 2005 vintage - look out for some great wine from these varieties from the 06 or 07 Vintara vintages.