Eden Valley
High, cool and quietly grand, the Eden Valley is the Barossa's upland cousin — a country of stone churches, ancient riesling vines and big-sky lookouts a few hundred metres above the valley floor.
The Eden Valley is the Barossa's high country, a cooler, more elevated landscape rising to the east of the valley floor. Settled in the colonial era, it is celebrated for elegant Riesling and powerful, long-lived single-vineyard Shiraz, including the famous Hill of Grace. Rolling hills, granite outcrops and grand old gums give the region a distinctive beauty, dotted with small cellar doors and quiet villages.
Things to do in Eden Valley
5 places
Eden Hall Wines
$$A small Eden Valley estate making tight, age-worthy cabernet and riesling from high, cool vineyards.
Flaxman Wines
$$A tiny Eden Valley winery at Flaxman Valley, crafting small-batch Shiraz, Riesling and Grenache from old hillside vineyards.
Glen Eldon Wines
$$A family winery straddling the Barossa and Eden Valleys, known for old-vine Shiraz and elegant Eden Valley Riesling.
Mountadam Vineyards
$$$One of the Eden Valley's pioneering high-altitude estates, famous for chardonnay grown on its own granite-and-quartz hilltop.
Poonawatta Estate
$$$A tiny family estate built around a shiraz block planted in 1880 and a riesling vineyard high in the Eden Valley hills.
Visiting Eden Valley — frequently asked questions
What is the Eden Valley known for?
The Eden Valley is the cooler, higher country of the Barossa zone, celebrated for elegant Riesling and powerful, long-lived single-vineyard Shiraz, including the famous Hill of Grace from Henschke.
How is the Eden Valley different from the Barossa Valley?
The Eden Valley sits at a higher elevation east of the Barossa Valley floor, giving it a cooler climate. This produces more elegant, aromatic wines, especially Riesling, compared with the richer, fuller-bodied reds of the warmer valley floor.
Where is the Eden Valley?
The Eden Valley lies in the hills to the east and south-east of the main Barossa Valley, taking in towns and villages such as Eden Valley, Springton and Keyneton.
Image credits
- Eden Valley, South Australia.jpg by Jonathanischoice , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons