Brothers at War Single Vineyard Eden Valley Grenache

Award-winning 5 Star Halliday winery in the Eden Valley, Barossa

• Grape: Grenache
• Region: Eden Valley, Barossa
• Alcohol: 13.5
• Cellaring: This wine can be enjoyed now or until 2031.
• Aroma:  Bright crimson in colour, this vibrant wine displays forest fruits, violets and wild berries with complex spicy aromas
• Palate: The palate and shows concentrated layers of black fruits and spice, with fine velvety tannins and incredible texture.
  
• Winemaking: This special wine is about true expression of fruit, vineyard and soil, and was made with minimalistic techniques to truly allow the distinguished fruit to shine. Fermented with natural yeast and 50% whole bunches, with the balance being destemmed, not crushed, leaving the berries whole. The juice was hand plunged twice daily for two weeks before being pressed to Lightly toast new French oak puncheons, then aged on lees for 15 months. No fining or filtration was used on these wines.

About the winemaker

One of South Australia's rising stars, the buzz around the wines made by brothers Sam and Angus Wardlaw has been building rapidly since the project's inception in 2013 with a single tonne of grapes. This culminated recently with the award for 'Best Grenache of the Year' and a 99 point review in the 2021 Halliday guide. Home territory is Eden Valley's cool climate, organic, Pendee Farm. However, beyond the farm the brothers have access to remarkable plots of old vines in of some of the Barossa's most iconic sites. Everything is about the vines - the brothers love the old, gnarly, water starved plants rooted in place in these legendary vineyards, and even more so the characterful fruit they painstakingly provide each year. Stylistically the wines are distinctly 'Barossa' in their power but with an elegance and purity that can only be achieved by using the very best old vine Eden Valley fruit, handled without heavy handed extraction techniques or too much wine making.