2022 JC's Own Rock:it GSM, Barossa Valley

Co-fermented grenache and mataro, 100% whole bunch, plus destemmed shiraz, aged in large oak casks for 18 months. Deep magenta/purple with aromas of satsuma plum, black cherry and boysenberry. Hints of baking spices, dried blueberries, wood spice, pastis, dark-chocolate-dipped raspberries, blossom and earth. Quite deeply fruited with an earthen edge, deep spice layers, fine silty tannins and some bright mineral twang on the fade. Drink to 2036.

93 points Dave Brookes for Halliday Wine Companion, April 2026

Rock:it is a generous and flavoursome blend of Barossa Valley Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro that were harvested from three different vineyards just days apart. Brightly perfumed, the palate is rich and full-bodied with lifted finesse and complexity.

This would be a treat with deeply flavoured spice rubs, try with something like Sri Lankan Kalu Pol beef or pork belly carnitas with salsa Borracha.

About this producer

JC’s Own is Massena-founding winemaker Jaysen Collins’ negociant project that sees him working with sustainably managed vineyards to produce his boundary pushing lo-fi wines that favour indigenous yeasts and low sulphur throughout, bottled without fining or filtration.