With our family history in the Barossa region dating back to the 1850s and estate grown vineyards now totalling over 270 hectares, Thorn-Clarke produces a range of award winning Barossa Valley red and Eden Valley white wines. Whilst Barossa Valley Shiraz is world famous, it is the diversity of terroir (soil, climate, aspect) across the four sites in both the Eden Valley and Barossa Valley that provides the Thorn-Clarke winemaking team with our real strength – estate grown fruit from established vineyards. Milton Park is a beautiful family owned vineyard property one and half hours North East of Adelaide. The Sandpiper a remarkable migratory bird can be seen fossicking around Milton Park in the warmer months. To produce a wine that year after year shows character, consistency and true varietal attributes, we source fruit from some of Australia's finest vineyard regions including Barossa. Halliday has rated Thorn Clarke FIVE STARS for nine consecutive years, while Parker has said of Thorn Clarke reds, 'the greatest value in the marketplace'. Our Milton Park Cabernet Sauvignon is deep red in colour, the palate is rich and mouth filling with red berries and roasted bell peppers.  There are fine tannins and creamy oak which add complexity and length. 

The grapes are crushed and de-stemmed into open fermenters. Yeast is added immediately once in fermenter, and the ferments are pumped over twice daily to maximise colour, tannin and flavour extraction. Cooling is used to ensure ferments remain in the 22-25 degrees celcius range which will allow the fruit to display maximum fruit expression. Pressing then occurs approximately seven days after crushing. A small amount of French oak is used to increase complexity. The wine is bottled young to retain the intense upfront fruit characters.