The world’s greatest wines are all created in unique terriors. This is one of the most important factors when we looked for the vineyard site of Fossil Rock. Here in South Australia, we believe we have found the land that takes to make the world’s finest wines. Today, the land we use to grow the grapes for Fossil Rock comes from pieces of uniquely rich and fertile soils. These soils are created over the last 26 million years. Not until 8 million years ago, the land Fossil Rock comes from was under the sea, rich deposit of sea weed and shell fish covers the whole region. Over time these mixed with the high proportion of mineral in the soil created what we see today. Without human intervention, these ancient soils were left un-touched by human until today.

We were excited to have discovered this virgin piece of land and see the potential what it can produce. While planting the vineyard, we uncovered many pieces of seashell fossils that had left untouched for millions of years. This not only showed us the land has not been cultivated on before, and gave us a clear indication of the richness of this land.From this unique and ancient land, we were able to produce grapes that are prefect from wine making. I hope when you taste the wines you were able to taste and picture the amazing quality of these wines.

	Fossil Rock Chardonnay 2009 Grown in the cool regions of Coonawarra, this is a series Chardonnay. The aim is to produce a wine with upfront fruit intensity and fresh acidity. The 2009 vintage delivers all of the above and more, with floral like bouquet and tropical fruit driven palate. This will please any chardonnay lovers.
	Fossil Rock Merlot Shiraz 2008 A blend of Merlot and Shiraz, this is distinctively south Australian. The aroma is expressive with almost chocolate and mocha, clever use of oak to balance the beautiful concentration of fruit. The palate is lush, but there is still fresh acidity to make sure the wines will have a zesty and energetic finish.