Rusden 'Driftsand' Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2024
Our wines have a unique character with balance and structure. They are fruit driven because we believe in our vineyard and we want you to taste the unique flavours in the wines of this particular site. Our range of wines has an obvious house style because they are all made and grown the same way in the same soil.
Our wines honestly represent vintage. Rusden is a “vigneron” in the true sense of the word.
On our vineyard in the seventies, 80 year old Grenache and Shiraz bush vines were pushed out to make way for mechanised grape production. At the direction of the large companies at the time, the cleared land was replanted with high yielding white varieties to fulfil demand in the bulk market. Twenty years later, out of respect and as a tribute to the hard work and wisdom of the early German pioneers who planted the bush vines, Mum, Dad and I spent many late spring months on our knees, grafting the twenty five year old vines back to their original varieties. Grenache was traditionally planted to make fortified but these days I like to use it in this age-old blend of Grenache and Shiraz.
Ripe red fruits, wild strawberries, cherries, sandalwood and spice showing on the nose.
Soft & silky, the palate is awash with red fruits, some blood orange, dried herbs & white pepper.
