'Dog Fence' Premium Tawny

Tawny

Clare Valley

Cheeses

N/V

Rich red-amber with tawny hues.

Intricate medley of aromas featuring dried fruit and toasted spice, butterscotch, almond and rancio.

Intense rancio characters, flavours of Christmas fruit cake, lively acidity and spice. Rich, coating mouthfeel and smooth lingering finish. 

Drinking well now, but will continue to age wonderfully - up to 15 years.

Hand-bottled at our Leasingham winery, the ‘Dog Fence’ is crafted from fruit from multiple vineyards then solera-aged in old fortified wine barrels, giving it a fantastic complexity. Winemakers David O’Leary and Nick Walker have used the traditional solera method - where wines of different maturities are slowly and carefully blended over many years - to create this elegant and intense tawny.

An Australian icon, the ‘Dingo Fence’ - A.K.A. the ‘Dog Fence’ is one of the world’s longest structures, built in the 1880s to keep dingoes out of fertile lands. Clare Valley farmer and contractor Martin Smith has repaired the fence for years - and the only mate he brings on every long ride is our premium tawny.

Alcohol - 19.5%

pH - 3.06

Acidity - 7.1g/L