Sold as a 3 bottle set with display case:
The pinnacle of our wine production, the Holy Grail is our newest estate vineyard situated amongst the ‘Avenue of Hopes & Dreams’ in the sub-region of Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley. This wine comes from a block of Shiraz planted Sur Echalas. This form of propagation is the ancient trellis system used in France’s venerated Northern Rhône Valley region, where Syrah vines are planted and trained to a stake. ‘Sur Echalas’ translates in English to ‘on a stake or pole’.
The echalas style must be managed by hand. From budburst, the vines are tied to the 1.8-metre stake three times throughout the growing season until finally the vines are joined together to the shape of a love heart. The crop is thinned to one bunch per shoot, allowing a large solar panel of leaves for the bunch to achieve perfect maturity slowly and effortlessly.
