The vineyard that they decided to plant was just off the main road of Nuriootpa. The vines have been dry grown since then and the grapes have gone into the great and good of Australia including ‘Grange’. Like ‘Château Haut-Brion’ the town has grown up around it and it is now an oasis of a vineyard with houses surrounding it.

Exile is 100% sourced from the ‘Lange’ Vineyard, now a part of The Colonial Estate. The single-vineyard wine is made up of old vine Shiraz with some Mourvedre and Muscadelle. The age of some of these vines date back to the 1800’s.

The wine is made in the French fashion – low cropping aided by green harvesting, handpicking into trays, and double-triage on arrival at the winery. The wooden vats – shipped from Cognac in France -appear incongruous in their setting. The wine is picked ripe and, after vinification, poured into pure new French oak.

Exile manifests itself as a rush of substance, power, flavour, and length, but with an underpinning definition and elegance.

Will cellar for up to 20 years in premium conditions.

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