Chateau Tanunda1890Chateau TanundaBarossa Valley1998Chateau Tanunda19John GeberJohn GeberChateau Tanunda

Chateau Tanunda, established in 1890, is the largest and oldest wine Chateau in Australia. It is also a designated monument in Australias Register of State Heritage. The Bavarian-style Chateau is the site of some of the first vines planted in the Barossa as well as the Valleys first winery. But with the poor maintenance, the chateau fell into decay. Untill one morning in 1998, the chateau finally met its new owner. A wine enthusiast and successful businessman whose ancestors planted grapes in South Africa in 19th Century, John Gaber, who was on his morning bike ride that day, was fascinated with the magnificent Chateau with high potentials of making good wines. On the very next day, he made an immediate decision to buy the Chateau which had been waiting for a potential buyer for a long time. After years of efforts, John successfully revived the once decayed Chateau and let it thrive again. Chateau Tanunda handcrafts their wines by combining traditional method and modern technology, with minimal intervention to allow the true character of grapes to express themselves, making bottles of characteristic wines.

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Chateau TanundaMathews Road Single VineyardBarossa ValleyEden Valley

Barossa

Cabernet Sauvignon

722-2412(Basket press)16

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Fruit for the Mathews Road Single Vineyard series comes from Chateau Tanundas cool climate, high altitude vineyard at the heart of the Barossas Eden Valley sub-region.

Country of Origin:
Australia

Region:
Barossa

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Grape Varieties:
Cabernet Sauvignon

Winemaking:
The grapes were destemmed, but not crushed, and spent seven days on their skins in open fermenters. They were then fermented at 22-24C over 12 days with gentle hand-plunging twice daily. They were then carefully basket-pressed for a softer tannin structure, and more pronounced dark fruit characters typical of its cool climate origins. The wine then spent 16 months maturing in French and American oak prior to bottling.

Tasting Notes:
Juicy and well-appointed with ripe raspberry, blackcurrant, some mint and coconut. Medium to full bodied, juicy red and black berries, just off sweet, toasty oak in the background, some fleshy tannin and pretty decent length.