In Egyptian mythology, The Eye of Rã was the powerful feminine counterpart to the sun god Rã and was also personified by a number of Egyptian goddesses. The Eye of Rã gifted renewal, life giving power and the annual Nile floodwaters that restored fertility to Egypt.
These caring actions were celebrated along with The Eye’s forceful protective deeds. The symbol depicts the sun surrounded by two protective cobras and wings.
The Eye of Rã represented a polarity of the extreme force of the sun’s heat countered by the sun’s nurturing gaze. Similarly Ben Glaetzer developed The Eye of Rã Shiraz that features incredible depth and power countered by exemplary elegance and restraint leading to amazing evolution in the bottle and glass.
Ben Glaetzer’s The Eye of Rã Shiraz.
Ben Glaetzer upon releasing The Eye of Rã tells us how this journey began.
"The Eye of Rã journey began when I was tasting fruit out in the Barossa Valley Ebenezer vineyards during the amazing 2016 vintage. I realised that fruit from the individual vines across a small number of chosen vineyards has the outstanding characters to create a wine to be the epitome of Barossa Shiraz. The wine then progressed through vinification exceeding the highest levels of my expectations." - Ben Glaetzer.
To Ben, the Eye of Rã 2016 Shiraz represents the very best that the famed Ebenezer district in the Barossa Valley has to offer from a truly extraordinary 2016 vintage.
The Eye of Rã Shiraz Winemaking information
Vineyards: Ebenezer District Selected Vineyards.
Vine age up to 110 years.
Predominantly deep sandy “contrast” soils grown on a flat aspect 300m above sea level.
Trellis/Canopy: Single Wire.
Pruning Technique: Rod and Spur at varying times.
Hand Harvested, de-stemmed, crushed and cold fermented for 12 days with inoculated yeasts.
Extended post ferment maceration along with natural malolactic fermentation.
Matured in 100% new French oak Hogshead for 16 months.
Vegan Friendly.
15.5% alcohol.
Cellaring Potential: 25 years +.
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