“Love is an emotion that can be felt for an eternity. Gold is just material.”

Barr-Eden Estate is a unique property consisting of 130 acres of natural splendour. Nested on Mengler’s Hill, the property rises in elevation from 1525 to 1788 feet (465m to 545 m) above sea level and sits across Eden Valley and the Barossa Valley. The Pohlner family settled Eden Valley in 1858 and established themselves on the property in 1862 when they finished building the original homestead. The property remained in their family until 1997. Barr-Eden is unique in the sense it sits amongst the highest vineyards in altitude in Australia and across two world-acclaimed wine regions, the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley, hence BARR-EDEN.

The base geology is age Cambrian (490 to 550 million years old). Kanmantoo Group, metamorphosed schists, greywackes, gneisses, siltstone, and shale. The soil is shallow, skeletal grey sand loam mixed with both ironstone and quartz. The climate is continental but the altitude provides good rainfall above the Barossa average ( 700-900mm). The ripening process is slow and happens later than in the Barossa Valley, allowing perfect maturity, both physiologic and phenolic. Barr-Eden Estate takes a sustainable approach and minimises the use of machinery to avoid soil compaction.

Each Love over Gold batch is destemmed by hand, berry by berry, and fermented slowly over weeks, only ever being foot stomped in open fermenters. The wine is basket pressed with only the free runs kept as the pressings are being discarded. Love over Gold is made with a deft touch. The wine is magical, its core of fruit caresses the palate and displays great persistence. Love Over Gold’s tertiary aromas and minerality create complexity and drive into an extremely long finish. Our “Love Over Grenache” is made from a few rows of our highest block in altitude and one of the highest Grenache in South Australia (545 m). Planted in 1997 this bush vine Grenache ripens slowly and has been hand-picked on March 28th. The 463kg harvest was destemmed and tipped into a one-tonne fermenter. Gentle pump over and slow extraction until full dryness. Only the free runs were put into a 3-year-old French oak barrel.

The wine displays vibrant spice, pepper, and mace behind dark cherry fruits. Soft palate with extremely precise and thin tannins that caress the palate and carry on with freshness and intensity.