The
Australian wine industry is proudly based on its vines, which
date back to the first days of settlement, when pioneering hands
planted their cuttings. As the creator of Penfold’s Grange
Hermitage, Max Schubert once said, “I’d like to
believe that the wines with which I have been associated are descended
from one old ancestor vineyard established many years ago, marrying
with another, and another, and even another if you like, thus
creating and establishing a dynasty of wines. These may differ
in character year by year, but all ... bear an unmistakable resemblance
and relationship to each other and to the original ancestral starter
member of the dynasty."
Schubert Estate began originally in the early 1900s when a Schubert family settled on Roennfeldt Road. Steve Schubert bought Arthur Schubert's 50+acre property in the early 1980s unfortunately by then many of the vines were derelict. Steve began with the task in renovating the old iron-stone house and sectioning off six acres
of land to begin re-establishing it with three acres each of Shiraz and Semillon vines.
Later, in 1995/6, Steve prepared two acres of the L-shaped piece of land
which surrounded the goose-yard and planted
it with Shiraz rootlings. The old Semillon vineyard was eventually grafted to Viognier a more popular variety used by both Torbreck and Schubert to co-ferment with Shiraz. Before the end of the millenium Steve and Cecilia decided
that, with a total of approx 40 (or more) acres of vineyard, there were sufficient vines planted. Read more... |
The Schubert Estate Roenfeldt Road Vineyards
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