Spinifex Indigene
$5999each
$719DOZEN
WinerySpinifex
Fruit Shiraz Mourvedre
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
Each $59.99
$719.00
Currently out of stock
Peter Schell was winemaker at Turkey Flat from 2001 to 2005, where he familiarized himself with some of the Barossa's more obscure and precious sites. Gaining much inspiration from a succession of vintages in Provence, Peter Schell has assembled Mataro and Shiraz from a tally of old vineyards up to a hundred years of age, planted to propitious pockets of quartz shot clay and silty sand soils on the upper altitudes of Barossa Valley. Deep, complex and masculine, laced with blackberry fruits, brazil nuts, coffee and boudin noir.
Peter Schell was presented with an opportunity to source some great old vine Mataro, growing in deep white drift sand at the Barossa's Western Ridge. As interest and demand for his efforts grew, the decision was made to focus all attention and passion into what had by then become Spinifex. The estate now retain over thirty dedicated Barossa Eden Valley growers with mature vineyards, averaging sixty years, and ranging up to 140 years of age. Each year between forty five and sixty different parcels of fruit from these growers are vinified. The restrained complexity of old vineyards and generosity of ancient soils.
TASTING NOTES
Deep red/ scarlet. Aromatic, sweet and savoury aromas of tarragon, stewed red plums, undergrowth, fennel seed, rhubarb, tamarillo and dates, also some subtle meaty undertones. Dark, savoury and saline elements find balance against fleshy, elemental fruit, red and black berries, stony acids and fine sandy tannins build to drive the finish, fresh and firm.
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Regions Adelaide Hills
  South Australia
  Each $30.99
  $371.00
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  Each $30.99
  $371.00
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  South Australia
  Each $35.99
  $431.00
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Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $46.99
  $563.00
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Fruit Riesling
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $30.99
  $371.00
Available in cartons of six
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Regions Barossa Eden
  South Australia
  Each $33.99
  $407.00
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Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex La Cigale
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Louis Sparkling Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $66.99
  $803.00
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Spinifex Moppa Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $45.99
  $551.00
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Spinifex Papillon
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Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Rostein Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
  Each $112.99
  $1355.00
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Spinifex Rowland Flat Clairette
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Fruit Clairette
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $333.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Syrah
WinerySpinifex
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Tabor Mataro
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Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $79.99
  $959.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Tempranillo
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Fruit Tempranillo
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $29.99
  $359.00
Available in cartons of six
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Spinifex Vermentino
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Fruit Vermentino
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
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More About Spinifex Winery
Spinifex is a small family owned and operated winery established in 2001 by Peter Schell and Magali Gely
Spinifex make small quantities of unique hand crafted regional wines from the Barossa and Eden Valleys. Spinifex are typically blended, as a more complete and complex, unique and characterful wine can be assembled from components that are the result of the interaction between variety, soil and meso-climate. Peter Schell makes all the wines at the estate winery in Bethany, Tanunda, where he also runs his own winemaking consultancy company. Over the years, the pair have both worked for Barossa wineries, including Mountadam and Turkey Flat (where Peter was winemaker from 2001 – 2005), whilst also working five vintages in the South of France. In 2001 Peter and Magali decided to start making their own wines, sourcing grapes from five old Barossa vineyards to complete about 400 cases in that first year. Spinifex»