Winery & Vintage Info
At Gemtree they farm their estate vineyards organically and biodynamically. This philosophy rewards them with fruit full of flavour and purity; these are the gems from which they craft their fine wines.
This Shiraz is hand crafted, shows the typicity of the great quality vineyards and is nurtured so the purity of the fruit prevails, resulting in a truly remarkable and polished wine. Gemtree's oak regime was judicious to showcase provenance, and the outcome is an elegant and pure Shiraz.
The Obsidian is a luxurious wine impeccably integrated and balanced that will reward you with mid – long term cellaring.
All fruit is hand harvested then de-stemmed. The whole berries are fermented on skins for seven days between 22˚C and 24˚C, undergoing gentle cap management to extract pure fruit characters and tannins. Post fermentation the skins are hand dug out of the fermenter and the free run and pressings wines are separated before going straight to oak for maturation where they are racked and returned only once. After maturation the individual barrels are tasted before blending to select only those that truly demonstrate style and quality.
