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 remarkable wine with one of the oldest field blends in the world of Grenache, Mourvedre and Malbec planted in 1858.
"A true field blend, the three varieties (grenache, mourvedre and malbec) planted in 1858.
Hand-picked, destemmed, not crushed, 7 days on skins, 18 months maturation in a single French puncheon. On a quality/price/rarity basis the price can be can be seen as reasonable."
James Halliday
Published 17 June 2021
James Halliday 5 Star Winery 2017
Australian Producer Of The Year
Berlin Wine Trophy 17,16,15,14,13,11,10
