Winery & Vintage Info
The original Woodstock property was named by English settlers, after their hometown of Woodstock, near Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. The Townsend Family, headed by William Louis Townsend, received a Crown Lease for the property in 1905, built a home with a brick well and established the estate as a vineyard and orchard. It has been known as Woodstock ever since.
Woodstock red wines are all about smooth tannins and purity of fruit. As grape tannins age on the vines, they become less bitter making their wines softer. They are soft and approachable when young, yet with structure to age with cellaring.
Their aim is to put together balanced table wines with all the building blocks necessary for them to grow in flavour profile and intensity with careful cellaring. Woodstock founder Doug Collett had the foresight to make fortifieds to benefit future generations of wine lovers. His son Scott, continues those footsteps and releases consistent, evolving quality classics.
Woodstock Shiraz is the hero of the McLaren Vale region sourced from Woodstock Estate and neighbouring vineyards in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. These vines are all on sandy soils which contribute the floral aromatics to Woodstock Shiraz. The ratio between bunches and leaves are closely monitored to ensure vineyard balance, so that each vine can deliver full, ripe flavours to every bunch.
