Château Tanunda, Birth place of the Barossa, was established in 1890 and is the site of some of the Valley’s first vines planted as well as its first winery.
The Château is privately owned by the Geber family who are proud custodians of the Chateau’s 130th year winemaking tradition.
Its 130 years of winemaking heritage makes it the only internationally-recognised winemaking Château in Australia, a champion of Barossa Old Vine Expressions and is regularly rated amongst the top wine producers in the country.
This is one of the most historically significant winery buildings in the Barossa Valley, built from bluestone quarried in the late 1880s and restored by the Geber family some 120 years later.
Château Tanunda owns almost 100ha of vineyards in Bethany, Eden Valley, Tanunda and Vine Vale, including an impressive collection of old vines aged 50–150 years old.
Additional fruit is sourced from a group of 30 growers covering the panoply of Barossa districts.
The premium wines are typically hand picked, basket pressed and neither fined nor filtered.
The focus here is on old-vine wines, as well as single-district and single-vineyard wines under the Terroirs of the Barossa and The Château labels respectively.
A second cellar door has opened in the Rocks, Sydney.
A beautiful wine made of 100% Shiraz in the Barossa Valley of South Australia
"Matured 18 months in new and seasoned American and French oak barrels.
Ripe Barossa shiraz of spicy berry and prune flavours.
Hot alcohol dries out a finish of medium persistence, spurred on by coarse tannin grip."
Tyson Stelzer
Published 13 August 2021
WINEMAKING
Grand Barossa Shiraz epitomises the premium international reputation for Shiraz which has made the Barossa Valley famous.
All of the grapes are fermented in small batches to retain their sub-regional characters. After destemming, the wine ferments for 7 days on skins in small open fermenters and is hand plunged twice daily.
This encourages maximum extraction yet retaining the dense, spicy fruit flavours which Shiraz is renowned for.
The wine is gently basket pressed before spending up to 18 months in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak barrels in our cellars.
GOLD MEDAL : Review by: Berlin Wine Trophy 2019
GOLD MEDAL : Review by: China Wine and Spirits Awards 2019
GOLD MEDAL : Review by: Global Syrah Masters 2019
94 POINTS : Review by: Sam Kim, Wine OrbitYouthfully charming and immediately appealing, the wine shows blackberry, Black Doris plum, violet, dark chocolate and toasted almond characters on the nose, leading to a gorgeously weighted palate that’s succulent and lingering. The wine offers terrific fruit purity and roundness, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2034.
90 POINTS : Review by :Huon Hooke's The Real Review
James Halliday 5 Star Winery 2017
Australian Producer Of The Year
Berlin Wine Trophy 17,16,15,14,13,11,10
