Barossa Valley, Australia

The Langmeil property has been under vines since the early 1840's, then belonged to Christian Auricht. It was not until 1932 that a winery was established on the site by J S Hanisch, a descendant of Christian Auricht. However it was sold in 1996 to two cousins, Carl & Richard Lindner along with brotherin law Chris Bitter. The total production of this estate is 10,000 cases per annum, in which 2 hectares of vines were planted In 1846 & the fruit from this wines are use for their flagship wine “The Freedom Shiraz”.

The winery only processes Barossa Valley fruit for its own label & as acknowledged on the Shiraz label, "when you start with the finest fruit, it's really not that difficult" to produce premium wine.

LANGMEIL Selwin’s Lot Cabernet Grenache Shiraz 1998                                   RM65.10

Medium red-purple, the bouquet has very strong chocolate aromas tinged with vanilla oak. This medium weight palate runs through more of that sweet chocolate to spicy berry fruit to a hint of jammy fruit from the Grenache. The firm tannin needs to soften a touch, but the wine has real substance. Rated: O O O O Australia & New Zealand Wine Companion 2001 – James Halliday

Medium to full red-purple; strong blackberry/blackcurrant fruit with some vanilla oak provides an attractive bouquet. The palate has plenty of depth & richness to the chunky fruit, & the oak is in balance. Should develop well. Rated: 85 / 100 Winepros – James Halliday

Excellent varietal aromas of juicy ripe plums & blackberries with a lovely oak complexity. The firm powerful palate is flooded with long sweet ripe flavours & soft full tannins. A well made wine that promises to age well. Rated: O O O O ½Winestate Australia & New Zealand Wine Guide Magazine Annual 2001

The Auricht family planted the first Shiraz vineyard at Langmeil in the mid 1840s. A few acres still remain - dry grown, hand picked, hand pruned, yielding 1½ to 2 tonnes per acre, producing fruit with extreme intensity of colour & flavour, aged in oak for two years & then bottle-aged until its release in late 2000.
Because this wine is from a small single vineyard the number of cases produced can never be increased. However the vineyard will continue to produce the best fruit it can which will reflect the vintage year  *** Langmeil The Freedom Shiraz is on allocation only, please call to enquire.