2019 Vintage
The 2019 vintage will be remembered as another high-quality Clare Riesling vintage with lower alcohols and bright acids a feature of our wines.
In this vintage Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard offers a range of four outstanding wines.
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GCV Celtic Farm Riesling
This wine comes from three different blocks on the vineyard and our intention is to make a wine in the modern Australian Riesling style – crisp, dry and fresh. It has typical Clare Valley Riesling citrus characters of lemon and lime.
GCV McAskill Cabernet Malbec
Elegant to drink this wine has flavour and personality without the heaviness often associated with Cabernet. Medium weight, bright and youthful showcasing typical Clare characteristics of sage, green olive and bright red fruits in the mulberry / blueberry spectrum.
GCV McAskill Shiraz
Benchmark Clare Valley Shiraz, medium to full body with Elderberry, dark cherry and fresh red plum notes.
GCV Premium Riesling
The GCV Premium Riesling comes from the oldest block of Riesling vines on the vineyard. Our aim is to make something that is more textural than the Celtic Farm, not relying totally on acidity to give length and drive to the wine.
Vintage Notes
Growing Season
The vintage was shaped by a typically cool winter, but with below average rainfall. Spring rains were also down. Budburst and flowering were normal and harvest commenced in late February for us. While we experienced above average temperatures during January and much of February, conditions were quite mild once vintage began in earnest. The 2019 vintage will be remembered as another high-quality Clare Riesling vintage with lower alcohols and bright acids a feature of our wines.