Brothers at War Single Vineyard Eden Valley Syrah

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

• Grape: Syrah
• Region: Eden Valley, Barossa
• Alcohol: 13.5%
• Aroma:  This wine displays forest fruits, violets and wild berries with complex spicy aromas.
• Palate: The palate shows concentrated layers of black fruits and spice, with fine velvety tannins and incredible texture.
  
• Winemaking: This small parcel of Eden Valley Syrah was handpicked. The fruit was destemmed not crushed into New French oak puncheons with the heads taken out with 30% whole bunch clusters. The fruit was then held at 10-15 degrees for five days, before being allowed to warm and start fermentation. Hand plunged twice daily for 2 weeks before been pressed to 40% New French oak puncheons and 60% Seasoned French oak puncheons, aged on lees for 18 months racked once during this time. Bottles unfined and unfiltered.

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.