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About Barr Eden Estate
Barr Eden Estate annually releases a series of wines branded “Love Over Gold”. The name Love Over Gold comes from this spectacular property where the vineyards have been lovingly planted over historic goldfields in Eden Valley. In March 2014 Joel Mattschoss, a renowned Barossa grape grower was fortunate enough to source a few tons of premium fruit from this long-established Eden Valley property. Through a common passion of great terroirs and premium wines, Joel showed the grapes to Pierre-Henri Morel, newly arrived in South Australia from the northern Rhône where he had been Michel Chapoutier’s right-hand man. Pierre-Henri thought the fruit profile was reminiscent of the most uplifted and complex fruit within his home region. Together, they agreed to crush and to ferment the 2014 fruit separately after a meticulous hand picking and hand destemming process. In October 2018, 1,700 days after the first berries were picked, the first wine was released from Barr Eden Estate, thus creating a new chapter for this age-worthy vineyard.
Production note
Hand picked early morning on the 26th of April, “Dreams of Gold” comes from vines planted in 1997 and 2013. The wine was made in a 4 ton fermenter and stayed on skin for 20 days before to be pressed in a small basket press. We blended some of the pressings back to the free run for extra complexity. The wine was aged in 3 and 4 year old French oak puncheon and hogshead.
