Pooles Rock Premier Shiraz 2024 whisky winemaker Tom Belford crafts wines

winemaker Tom Belford crafts wines that express both the power and grace of this unique part of the Yarra Valley

with notes of redbush tea and cumin

anise and more spice

Palate is of punchy gooseberry

3 ha north-east facing site planted in 1965 on light sandy soil over limestone

Pooles Rock Premier Shiraz 2024 whisky winemaker Tom Belford crafts winesThe fruit for this wine was picked in early March, off our best block of Shiraz. The fruit fermented in small open fermenters. Fermentation lasted 7 days with gentle hand plunged twice a day. Following pressing it was put to a 1 year old French oak fouderer for malolactic fermentation and maturation for a further 14 months. The wine was then filtered and bottled. COLOUR Deep red with a purple hue. BOUQUET Red cherries, plums and mulberries with hints