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One of the great wine bargains of the world, and one of the most unique Australian wines available
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Tyson Stelzer
94"Campbell's Classic is neck-and-neck with Stanton & Killeen's, just across the road, but the style is a world away. There's a feeling of richer depth and greater viscosity here, venturing into territory of roasted nuts, glace peach, honey and complex layers of fruit cake. It retains its life in primary apricot, peach and fig flavours, finishing balanced and long."
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James Halliday
92""Spicy/raisiny complexity starting to build; in typical Campbells style, lively, clearly articulated, with good balance and length.""
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Australia
Australia's wine industry is a thriving part of the country's economy, contributing significantly to employment, production, export, and tourism. In fact, the industry is the fourth-largest wine exporter in the world, shipping out 760 million liters of wine to countries including France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. One of the key factors contributing to Australia's success as a "New World" wine producer is the formal export and marketing of its wines through Wine Australia.
Australia's wine regions are scattered across the south and southeast, with almost every state boasting its own vineyards. Victoria, for example, is home to an impressive 21 wine regions. Some of the most famous wine regions in Australia include Margaret River, Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Eden Valley, Clare Valley, Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley, and local regions to New South Wales such as Cowra, Southern Highlands, and Mudgee.
Australian winemakers are known for producing a diverse range of grape varieties, with Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Noir being among the most popular. They tend to focus on producing wines that are ripe, fruit-forward, and easy to drink, using modern winemaking techniques and equipment such as stainless steel tanks and temperature-controlled fermentation.
With its bold, fruit-driven flavors and reputation for quality and diversity, Australian wine has become a popular choice for wine lovers around the world. And with such a broad range of wine regions and grape varieties, there's something for every palate to enjoy.
Victoria
The wine region of Victoria has the highest number of grapevines than any other state in Australia. It is home to over 600 wineries and well-known regions such as Yarra Valley, Heathcote, and Rutherglen. Victoria is situated in the southeastern corner of Australia where due to the location, the climate has a cool maritime influence and is known for its outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, along with producing Australia’s most famed dessert Muscat and Topaque wines.
There are a number of different terroir levels throughout the wine region of Victoria which leads to the production of different ranges of wines. In the southern region of Victoria, the vines are regulated by the cool winds of the Bass Strait. Central Victoria consists of mostly flat terrain that tends to be drier and warmer than the rest of Victoria, which results in more fruit concentrated wines. It may be surprising to note that Victoria is the third most productive wine region in Australia, seeing as it does not have as many areas suitable for viticulture, which has resulted in the cellar door culture of Victoria being concentrated with smaller, but more personal boutique wineries.
Rutherglen
Located within the North East Victoria zone in Victoria, Rutherglen is a wine region situated to the north of Beechworth and to the east of Glenrowan. This wine region is considered the most important fortified wine production area in Australia, producing Muscats and Tokays which are internationally renowned for their exceptional quality and style. Most of the vineyards are located within the northern half of the area, where it is separated by the Murray River from New South Wales. The first vines in Rutherglen were planted during the gold rush era in 1851 and boasts of some of the oldest wineries in the country. Combining old traditions and new technology, Rutherglen has come a long way from its beginnings. The area received official recognition in 1997 when it was accorded GI (Geographical Indication) status.
Today, the wine region uses a variety of grapes for their wines including their famous Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Tokay which is used to make the famous fortified wines that Rutherglen is known for. The wines made from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains are incomparable in depth and complexity. The wine is made by a particular winemaking process which involves a slow and oxidate barrel-ageing procedure that gives out a wide range of flavours including butterscotch, toffee, caramel, sweet spices and tea liquor.
About the brand Campbell's Wines
Rutherglen township was born during the great gold rushes of the mid-nineteenth century, however the soils and climate of the Rutherglen district proved ideal for cropping, raising livestock and-most importantly- for vines!
One gold miner, John Campbell, a Scottish immigrant heeded the words of Rutherglen's first winegrower who said 'dig gentleman, dig, but not deeper than six inches for there is more gold in the first six inches than there is lower down.' John called his selection “Bobbie Burns” after the nearby gold mine he had worked and by 1870 he had planted the Bobbie Burns Vineyard and established Campbells Rutherglen Wines.
Construction of the cellar was completed in 1885. Succeeding generations of the family have added to and built around the original cellar but the old building still stands as a monument to the founder of Campbells. Disaster struck at the turn of the century when the enormous vineyard plantings of the Rutherglen area were wiped out by the root-sucking aphid, phylloxera.
It was John's son, David Campbell, who was the first to commence replanting to the west of Rutherglen by grafting European wine grape varieties onto phylloxera resistant American rootstocks. Some of these vines were shipped under cool storage through the tropics from France.
In 1933, David's son and third generation winemaker Allen Campbell assumed control of the winery and together with his wife Isabel, built up the winery sale by sale. Until then, wine was sold in bulk lots and Allen commenced selling to wine retailers and private customers in lots as small as two gallons.
In 1961 Allen's older son Malcolm Campbell returned home to manage the pastoral and vineyard side of the property. Younger son Colin returned home in 1968 after gaining the Dookie Diploma of Agriculture and then the Roseworthy Diploma of Oenology, to take his place as winemaker thus becoming the fourth generation Campbell to do so! Together Malcolm and Colin undertook an extensive vineyard replanting program. They introduced sophisticated cooling and fermentation equipment to enable delicate white wines to be made, a first for Rutherglen which was better known for its robust reds and fortified wines.
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