The Barossa’s Oldest & Greatest Vineyards
Ancient, dry-grown vines that are living wine history
Because the Barossa escaped the phylloxera louse that destroyed vineyards across the wine world, it holds some of the oldest continuously producing vines on the planet — gnarled, dry-grown survivors planted by the first settlers. These ancient vineyards are the deep source of the valley's most profound wines.
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Eden ValleyHill of Grace Vineyard
Some of the oldest Shiraz vines on earth, beside the lonely Gnadenberg church.
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TanundaLangmeil Winery
The Freedom vineyard, planted 1843 — among the world’s oldest surviving Shiraz.
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Eden ValleyHenschke
Custodian of Hill of Grace and other revered Eden Valley old-vine sites.
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TanundaTurkey Flat Vineyards
Shiraz planted in the 1840s on the original Schulz family land at Tanunda.
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TanundaRockford Wines Cellar Door
Built entirely on old, low-yielding dry-grown vines across the valley.
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TanundaSeppeltsfield
Historic estate vineyards underpinning its century-old fortified stocks.
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GreenockHentley Farm
A single contiguous Seppeltsfield-district property of old-vine reds.
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