Langmeil The Fifth Wave Grenache, Barossa Valley

Description

Langmeil The Fifth Wave Grenache is a superb 100% Grenache produced from old vine grown fruit in the Barossa. Available to buy at Fareham Wine Cellar.

Langmeil, Founded by Christian Auricht

In 1838, Christian Auricht, a thirty-two year old blacksmith, arrived from Prussia with his wife and four children. Auricht and 12 other families settled in the new hamlet of Langmeil along the North Para River. He went on to build a forge, around which the village’s trading centre grew.

The Oldest Vines in the Barossa?

In 1843, Auricht planted a Shiraz vineyard. These vines are believed to be among the oldest Shiraz vines in existence in the Barossa Valley and are celebrated in the Langmeil The Freedom 1843 Shiraz, first released in 1999, which is crafted from these historic vines.

Langmeil Reopened in 1996

Auricht’s grandson, Arthur Hanisch, eventually sold the winery in 1969. Following a period where the winery was known as Paradale and then Bernkastel Wines in 1972. The cellar door was closed in 1993. It was reopened by long-term Barossa residents, the Lindner and Bitter families, who bought the property in 1996. The Lindner family bought Langmeil Winery outright in 2011. They have been immersed in the Barossa’s culture of farming, food, wine and community for six generations.

The Lindner family has undertaken a program of renovation, building and acquisition since their purchase, including acquiring the Pure Eden Shiraz vineyard in the Eden Valley, which is believed to be planted by Charles Angas in the 1890s. Langmeil also buy grapes from a valued network of family-owned grape growers through the Barossa.

Their winemaking process blends traditional methods, such as the use of open fermenters and basket presses, with modern techniques, ensuring vibrant, fruit-driven wines with subtle complexity; all characteristic of the Barossa terroir.

Langmeil The Fifth Wave Grenache

The Fifth Wave is Langmeil’s most treasured Old Vine Garden Grenache and is dedicated to the fifth generation (“the fifth wave”) of the Lindner family. It is a perfect example of an often overlooked grape variety from the Barossa.

The vineyard was planted in Lyndoch in 1973 and was once a neglected old vine vineyard. Winemaker Paul Lindner recognised the potential of the Grenache from this unique vineyard. The Fifth Wave vineyard was rejuvenated by Langmeil in 1999, and the vines planted here are dry-grown, low-yielding and produce extremely intense fruit.

The Fifth Wave Winemaking

• 100% Grenache from the Barossa Valley.
• The fruit comes from Barossa old vines between 47 and 135 years old.
• The soils here are deep, coarse sand over red clay and ironstone.
• The wine is aged for 17 months in 12% new French oak and 88% seasoned American
  oak.