THORN CLARKE SHOTFIRE QUARTAGE 2021

Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2025

Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"When the Clarke forbears discovered gold in 1870 at the Lady Alice mine in the Barossa goldfields, so began a family dynasty intrigued by geology. A fine legacy that is reflected today in the terroir of our vineyards. The Shotfire range immortilises the Shotfirer’s hazardous job of setting and lighting the charges.

This generous blend boasts a rich deep red-purple colour. Aromas of blackberries, satsuma plum and anise fill the glass. On the palate, plush tannins are accompanied by rich notes of cassis and blackcurrant. Together they produce a wine with lavish density, complexity and length. A wine that can be enjoyed now or laid down to age for many years.

The fruit was harvested at night. Fermentation was carried out in a variety of small capacity fermenters. After pressing the parcels were filled to French oak for 12 months maturation. The wine was racked after six months and the parcels were blended to form the final wine."

91/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2026 (2021 Vintage)
"Nice aromatic lift with a mix of dark red berries and plums, brown sugar and sweet tobacco, roasted bell-peppers baking spices, jam and violets. A big wine on the palate with a core of ripe juicy fleshed black berry fruits, five spice and plums, violets and baked red fruits, some pyrazines and violets. Balanced, well made and ready with best drinking from day of purchase through 2033."