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RockBare
The key to understanding the RockBare label is to understand McLaren Vale. This relatively small area of South Australia is well known as a premium grape-growing region, especially of red varietals. 100 percent RockBare’s grapes come from McLaren Vale. Winemaker, Tim Burvill, uses a winemaking process without a lot of handling or manipulation. Tim gained extensive winemaking experience working at Southcorp, where he was responsible for making one of Australia's most expensive premium Chardonnays, Yattarna. But when Tim created the RockBare label in 2000, he decided to incorporate winemaking techniques that go back a hundred years or more. Using a minimal-filtering or no-filtering approach and very little oak aging, Tim makes wines with complex flavors driven by the fruit. McLaren Vale has a moderate, Mediterranean-style climate that's ideal for growing super-high quality grapes. Spring and summer days are warm and dry. Nights are cool and breezy. Only slightly above sea level, the vale is characterized by beautiful, rolling hills with deep, rich alluvial soils that tend to be brown and red clays. Since Tim works with a wide array of grape growers, some of the grapes come from old vines and some from new. But all are highly characteristic of the grapes that produce the bright, flavorful and aromatic wines for which McLaren Vale is famous.
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Item No. 94090
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This pale straw Chardonnay has brilliant green hues. Its nose displays lemon, lime and subtle spice characters. On the palate, it offers white peach and pear characters that combine with a creamy/nutty mid palate and a cleansing lemon finish. more |
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Item No. 90132
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This pale straw Chardonnay has brilliant green hues. Its nose displays lemon, lime and subtle spice characters. On the palate, it offers white peach and pear characters that combine with a creamy/nutty mid palate and a cleansing lemon finish.
This Chardonnay is unoaked but gets 6 months of... more |
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Item No. 93816
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Price: $20.00 $17.99
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The 2006 vintage was among the finest seen from McLaren Vale,
especially for Shiraz. The wines turned black at midnight as soon as
they were crushed and there was an amazing tannin structure and
varietal definition in the fermentations right from the get go.
RockBare 2006 Shiraz is midnight... more |
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Item No. 89058
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The remarkable 2005 Chardonnay sells for a song. It sees about 40% malolactic and includes 13% Semillon in the blend. A flamboyant perfume of lemon blossom, flowers, orange marmalade, and white peaches is followed by a wine with great weight in the mouth, gorgeous acidity, beautiful freshness, and... more |
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Item No. 91856
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Midnight black with loads of licorice and dark berry fruit on the nose. Juicy and full-bodied with an amazing collection of ripe berry fruits.
The vintage was outstanding due in part to good winter rainfall and a milder than usual summer with only a few days of extreme temperatures. The... more |
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Item No. 84798
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The nose is very fresh and very clean, with tantalising aromas of orange fruits and flinty minerality. The aroma brings to mind summer scenes of a freshly baked orange cake cooling on a kitchen bench, while hungry kids home from school try to steal a bite when mum turns her back. This summer... more |
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Item No. 87645
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The colour is dark red with purple hues. Sweet fruits such as mulberry and blackberry, come together to give a rich fruitcake bouquet, with well-cooked spice and rind. The subtle hints of fine grain French oak, mocha and 'rain on dust' grow in intensity with time in the glass.
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Item No. 86928
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The nose is very fresh and very clean, with tantalising aromas of orange fruits and flinty minerality. The aroma brings to mind summer scenes of a freshly baked orange cake cooling on a kitchen bench, while hungry kids home from school try to steal a bite when mum turns her back. This summer... more |
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Item No. 83064
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The colour is dark red with purple hues. Sweet fruits such as mulberry and blackberry, come together to give a rich fruitcake bouquet, with well-cooked spice and rind. The subtle hints of fine grain French oak, mocha and 'rain on dust' grow in intensity with time in the glass.
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Item No. 74244
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The color is very pale straw with brilliant green hues. The nose displays lifted citrus and flinty overtones, complemented with cashew nut and hints of tropical fruit.
Tight and flavoursome describes the palate of this wine. Intense lime and citrus fruits on the front palate, that slowly... more |
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