Vineyards
Nurturing Vineyards
We focus on creating premium Barossa wine, with our vineyards at the heart of it. We nurture biodiversity among our dry-grown vines, ensuring harmony with nature. Since acquiring Langmeil in 1996, we’ve worked to revive the region’s old vines, with our family-owned sites on the valley floor, in Eden Valley and Lyndoch forming the foundation of our wines.
FREEDOM 1843 SHIRAZ VINEYARD
The Freedom vineyard, planted in 1843, is the world’s oldest surviving shiraz vineyard and a key part of Langmeil's old vine preservation efforts. Revived on the historic winery site, this one-acre patch produces low yields from deep-rooted vines. From this, Langmeil crafts its flagship wine, The Freedom 1843 Barossa Shiraz.
Langmeil Home Block
- Sub Region: Langmeil - Valley Floor
- Soil: Dark, rich loam over limestone and ironstone to red clay over limestone and ironstone
- Planted: 1843
- Barossa Old Vine Classification: Ancestor vine 125+ years
ORPHAN BANK SHIRAZ VINEYARD
Saved from a developer’s bulldozer, the 320 shiraz vines from Tanunda were transplanted to Langmeil’s south bank in 2006 with a 95% success rate. Planted before 1860, this vineyard produces the Old Vine Garden Orphan Bank Shiraz, showcasing Langmeil’s commitment to preserving Barossa’s heritage.
Langmeil Home Block
- Sub Region: Langmeil - Barossa Valley
- Soil: red clay over limestone and ironstone.
- Planted: pre-1860’s.
- Replanted: 2006.
- Barossa Old Vine Classification: Survivor vine 70+ years
JACKAMAN'S CABERNET SAUVIGNON & THE FIFTH WAVE GRENACHE VINEYARDS
Located near Lyndoch, this property supplies two Old Vine Garden Wines. The 4.5-acre Fifth Wave Grenache, planted in 1973, and the 1-acre Jackaman's Cabernet Sauvignon, planted in 1964, both yield low crops of 1-1.5 tonnes per acre. The diverse soils make it ideal for Shiraz, Viognier, and other varieties.
- GI: Barossa Valley, Lyndoch
- Sub regional source: southern reaches of Barossa Valley
- Soil: Deep sandy soils with slight elevation
- Planted: 1964 and 1973
- Barossa Old Vine Classification: Old vine 35+ years
PURE EDEN SHIRAZ, WATTLE BRAE RIESLING & HIGH ROAD CHARDONNAY VINEYARDS
Planted by Charles Angas in the 1890s, this Eden Valley
vineyard has been nurtured by several Barossa families, including the Lindners.
Recently added to Langmeil’s old vine collection, it produces wines like Pure
Eden Shiraz, Wattle Brae Riesling, High Road Chardonnay, and Live Wire
Riesling, showcasing the region’s late-ripening fruit.
- GI: Eden Valley
- Sub regional source: Eden Valley
- Soil: Grey sandy loam (decomposed granite) over sandstone, ironstone and granite
- Planted: 1890’s
- Barossa Old Vine Classification: Centenarian vine 100+ years
OUR GROWERS
The Barossa has a thriving community of grape growing families, some of which can count six or more generations who have tended the same patch of vines since the Barossa’s settlement in 1842. While Langmeil has expanded its own vineyard interests since acquiring the property in 1996, it’s these grape growers that have been at the core of Langmeil’s winemaking since day one.
Their knowledge is valued and relationships are cherished. Such families, we believe, are the jewels in the crown to this unique region and the backbone to its success as a great and enduring agricultural community. These 700 family grape growers cover the whole of the Barossa, from the Valley floor’s northern, southernand central grounds, to the Eden Valley and High Eden. Such breadth and diversity allows Langmeil to secure prime fruit from a multitude of sites, bringing a vibrant and multi-regional dimension to our wines.
A fine example of a wine that encapsulates the depth and breadth of our growers is the Valley Floor Shiraz, made from fruit grown by over 20 families from many of the Barossa’s 30 original villagesor parishes.
