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1 May 2024
Judging
Date
24 & 25 March 2025
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22 April 2025
1 May 2024
24 & 25 March 2025
22 April 2025
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
89 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2020
85 Points
Sémillon
Vintage 2021
83 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
73 Points
In 1856 the Mader family, driven by religious persecution, left their homeland of Prussia, to settle in Australia. The family brought with them traditional viticulture skills along with farming and fruit growing practices and set up a new life on 60 acres of land in the small township called Light Pass, in South Australia.
Choosing a section of land aside the banks of the North Para (river) and eastern hillsides of the Barossa Valley, proved to be an excellent site to begin a vineyard. As time went by, all farming and fruit growing gave way to 100% viticulture.