Barr-Eden Estate Avenue to Gold Shiraz Eden Valley 2017

In March 2014 Joel Mattschoss, a renowned Barossa grape grower was fortunate enough to source a few tonne of premium fruit from a long established Eden Valley property. The original 4,000 acre property was settled by the Polhner family in the foothills of the Barossa during the early settlement of South Australia in 1858. After nearly 150 years under the original Polhner family ownership, the property was sold to larger than life, Australian wine industry icon, Bob McLean in 1997.

Bob and Joel had a very close relationship and Joel was able to acquire this premium fruit in 2014. Through a common passion of great terroirs and premium wines, Joel showed the grapes to Pierre-Henri Morel, a Frenchman newly arrived in South Australia from the Northern Rhone region. Pierre-Henri thought the fruit profile was reminiscent of the most uplifted and complex fruit within his home region.
Together, they agreed to crush and to ferment the 2014 fruit separately after a meticulous hand picking and hand destemming process.

In 2016, Love Over Gold extended their footprint on the property and created Avenue to Gold, from a younger block of vines on the same property.

Avenue to Gold possesses a very lifted aromatic and excellent ripe fruit that create a lasting mouth feel, it will age very well for 10 to 15 years. The Avenue to Gold displays vibrant crimson colour. Aromas of Fresh blackberry and juniper which evolve to pipe tobacco, dried sage and rosemary.

The wine enters the palate with power and presence carrying liquored blackberry and coal dust flavour at first impression. It turns savoury slowly delivering black peppercorns and umami notes which provide a lovely mouth watering finish. This wine has a very complex finish which touches on both fruit and savoury details. Avenue to Gold’s fine tannins and acidity will bring pleasure in its youth and allow long cellaring.