05 Jun Off the Vine, Season 2, Ep 1

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Rosemount Estate Vineyard: In just over thirty years, Rosemount Estate has established itself as one of Australia’s leading wineries. Most of the fruit used for its celebrated red wines is grown in McLaren Vale, just an hour’s drive south of Adelaide. Rosemount’s commitment to quality has led to the creation of wines renowned for their full flavored, easy drinking style. This unique combination is the magic of Rosemount, and has been lauded around the world by wine lovers, critics and judges alike. Bob Oatley founded the winery in 1969 from an Upper Hunter Valley base, but it has grown way beyond that. There are now Rosemount vineyards in Mudgee and Orange in New South Wales, and in the Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills, Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale areas of South Australia. Rosemount Estate’s McLaren Vale operations offer an insight into the winemaker’s success. They have taken traditional winemaking and blended it with modern Australian techniques to make full-flavoured fruit-driven wines which are finding favour with wine drinkers around the globe. This year, (2002) Rosemount Estate had the honour of winning the prestigious Jimmy Watson trophy, which is awarded for a red wine less than one year old and yet to be bottled.