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View details Spinifex Vermentino
$ 27.99 Spinifex Vermentino
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Vermentino / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Ugni Blanc
$ 26.99 Spinifex Ugni Blanc
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UgniBlanc / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Tempranillo
$ 29.99 Spinifex Tempranillo
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Tempranillo / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Tabor Mataro
$ 79.99 Spinifex Tabor Mataro
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Mourvedre / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Syrah
$ 27.99 Spinifex Syrah
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Rowland Flat Clairette
$ 27.99 Spinifex Rowland Flat Clairette
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Clairette / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Rostein Shiraz
$ 112.99 Spinifex Rostein Shiraz
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Shiraz / Eden Valley / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Papillon
$ 27.99 Spinifex Papillon
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Grenache Cinsault Mataro / Barossa / SouthAustralia
What Spinifex choose to do best is discover isolate parcels of old vine, sometimes overlooked or underloved, at the Cotes du Rhône end of the varietal spectrum. This is no flight of fancy, as the background of the husband and wife team includes many growing seasons in France. Papillon is bottled towards the end of vintage year. Crafted from very old material Grenache, Cinsualt and Mataro, Spinifex hand select the vines and pick grapes, vinifying the parcels with an aim of creating a wine that's all about freshness, fruit and spice, a wine that's bright and alive.
 
View details Spinifex Old Vine Semillon
$ 29.99 Spinifex Old Vine Semillon
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Semillon / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Old Vine Mataro
$ 54.99 Spinifex Old Vine Mataro
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Mourvedre / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Moppa Shiraz
$ 45.99 Spinifex Moppa Shiraz
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Louis Sparkling Shiraz
$ 66.99 Spinifex Louis Sparkling Shiraz
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex La Solana
$ 34.99 Spinifex La Solana
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UgniBlanc Semillon Vermentino Viognier Marsanne Roussanne / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex La Maline Shiraz
$ 61.99 Spinifex La Maline Shiraz
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex La Cigale
$ 27.99 Spinifex La Cigale
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Indigene
$ 59.99 Spinifex Indigene
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Shiraz Mourvedre / Barossa / SouthAustralia
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.
 
View details Spinifex Garcon Grenache
$ 27.99 Spinifex Garcon Grenache
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Grenache / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Esprit GSM
$ 33.99 Spinifex Esprit GSM
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Shiraz Grenache Mataro / Barossa Eden / SouthAustralia
A complex Rhone-style expressing the profound characteristics delivered from great old vine vineyards. Low yielding and hand tended, they deliver a quality of fruit that's worthy of the old world's most prestigious growths. A rich and effusive cépage of Mataro and Grenache, Shiraz, Carignan and Cinsault are matured in selection of large format 500 to to 3000 litres French oak barrels to develop a complex vinous flavour base while preserving fruit freshness, enhance the exciting varietal complexity and preserve the vital tannin edge.
 
View details Spinifex Eden Valley Riesling
$ 30.99 Spinifex Eden Valley Riesling
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Riesling / Eden Valley / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex DRS Vineyard Durif
$ 57.99 Spinifex DRS Vineyard Durif
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Durif / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Dominion Shiraz
$ 46.99 Spinifex Dominion Shiraz
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz
$ 35.99 Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz
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Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Barossa Rose
$ 23.99 Spinifex Barossa Rose
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Grenache Cinsault Mourvedre Shiraz / Barossa / SouthAustralia
Spinifex appropriate much of their grapes from small family growers, often dealing with passionate farmers who are excited to find a winemaker who is interested in their vineyard and their fruit. A partisan assemblage of Rhonesque varietals, Mataro and Cinsault, Grenache and Shiraz, is formulated into a moreish pink wine by a dedicated couple with a strong French connection, who continue to work vintages in Provence and Languedoc, Bordeaux and La Bourgogne.
 
View details Spinifex Adelaide Hills Tannat
$ 30.99 Spinifex Adelaide Hills Tannat
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Tannat / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex Adelaide Hills Aglianico
$ 30.99 Spinifex Adelaide Hills Aglianico
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Aglianico / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
 
View details Spinifex a Petit Grains
$ 25.99 Spinifex a Petit Grains
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Muscat / Barossa / SouthAustralia
 
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.

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Spinifex first opportunity was to source some great old vine Mataro growing in deep white drift-sand on the Barossa Valleys’ Western Ridge. As interest and demand for the couple's efforts grew, the decision was made to focus all attention and passion into what had by then become Spinifex Wines. The estate now have over 30 dedicated Barossa / Eden Valley growers with mature vineyards, averaging 60 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 majority of the Shiraz comes from high country vineyards at the foothills and from the Eden Valley. Grenache, Mataro, Cinsault and Carignan are sourced from warmer, lower altitude vineyard sites on the Barossa Floor. The philosophy behind Spinifex is based on hand-crafting wines which are unique and distinctive, reflecting the winemakers own tastes and preferences. The inspiration comes from a fusion of experiences in France over the years, the many great wines consumed during those trips, and the individuality and character of some fantastic old vineyards in the Barossa.

The focus is always on making regional wines from the traditional Mediterranean grape varieties that have been grown successfully in Australia for over 150 years - Shiraz, Mataro, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Ugni Blanc, Grenache Gris, Marsanne and Semillon. The aim is to make wines that display signatures of vineyard provenance and vintage, show regional typicity and have a consistent thread of house style which reflect the mwkers experiences.

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Spinifex are predominately blends, the synergies derived from blending wines of differing character enhance the subtle complexities, even textures and profound personalities delivered from great old vine vineyards. Peter Schell and Magali Gely share a commitment for the Barossa and hold a strong passion for the local wines. Spinifex has enticed with its choice of varieties, quality winemaking and individuality. What’s next?

Schell acquires fruit from little family growers, passionate people who are excited to sell grapes to someone who is interested in their vineyard. And they get a kick out of that and it makes life easier for everyone. Some fruit is sourced from vines as old as 60 years, with most grenache about 30 years old. That’s astounding. Then again, some of the shiraz and mataro Spinifex uses is 110-140 years old. The different parcels of grenache are also fermented separately until decision time as to what goes into what wine. There’s nothing arbitrary about it, says Schell, who's getting a handle on these old blocks and what they offer, their different characteristics. Spinifex harbour a special passion for Grenache. It’s certainly well suited to Australia, especially from a sustainability point of view, as it doesn’t require irrigation. But it’s on a bit of a downward spiral, laments Schell. With not enough winemakers getting behind the variety, there’s hardly an incentive for growers to improve or, indeed, plant more. And you can’t expect good wine unless you’ve got good fruit says Schell.

Spinifex also have a strong French connection, both physically and philosophically. Magali's family, who up until recently were vignerons with a long lineage in Lunel, near Montpellier, still live in southwest France. Over the years, Peter has worked six French vintages, in Provence, the Languedoc, Bordeaux and Burgundy. Time spent in the south of France has fuelled their interest in making unique, hand crafted wines with personality, which are generous and honest expressions of the Barossa.

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