Spinifex

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion
"Winery of the Year" - Penguin Australian Wine Guide

“Pete [Schell] and his partner Magali Gely operate what I think is the best new-wave of small-scale Barossa wine companies to emerge at the beginning of the 21st century… These weren’t big, blockbuster, showy wines designed to impress. They were wines that managed to take the best of the Barossa’s sometimes forgotten varietal traditions and fuse them onto a very European flavour sensibility.” - Max Allen, The Future Makers

"We started Spinifex in 2001 with the opportunity to source some great old vine Mataro growing in deep white drift-sand on the Barossa Valleys’ Western Ridge. Our focus is on making regional wines from the traditional Mediterranean grape varieties that have been grown successfully in Australia for over 150 years - Shiraz, Mataro, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Ugni Blanc, Grenache Gris,  Marsanne and Semillon. We aim to make wines that display signatures of vineyard provenance and vintage, show regional typicity and have a consistent thread of 'house style' that reflects our preferences and experiences with wine. The wines we choose to make are  predominately blends, the synergies derived from blending wines of differing character enhance the subtle complexities, even textures and profound personalities delivered from great old vine vineyards." - Spinifex

  • [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Garcon Grenache 2020

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Garcon Grenache 2020

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    A PURE, DELICIOUS GRENACHE FROM OLD VINEYARDS IN BAROSSA

      "Celebrating the legacy of Barossa Valley Grenache, Pete Schell sources this wine from three dry-grown, old-vine parcels: one in the extreme west at Moppa (55 years old); one in northern Barossa at Ebenezer (90 years old); and one in Bethany in...

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    $28.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex La Maline Shiraz 2018

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex La Maline Shiraz 2018

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    WINE FRONT 96 POINTS!   "Barossa Valley shiraz with a splash of Viognier. Super shiraz. Powerfully fruited but soft through the palate and, importantly, spread widely with tannin. A few sips and the word complete came to mind. Berries,...

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    $67.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Rose 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Rose 2016

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Wine Front 94 points!“Grenache (52%), Cinsault (30 %), Mataro (14%) and Ugni blanc (4%). Cherry, rosehip, and a dusting of fennel, spice and earth. Medium bodied, dry and almost chalky in texture, with redcurrant and cherry, delivered in savoury style...

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    $24.00
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  • Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz 2010

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Tyson Stelzer 95 points! "It's impossible to overstate the sheer class of the 2010 vintage for Barossa reds, and in the right hands it defines a hitherto unexplored plane of new generation Barossa shiraz. Bète takes the black fruit depth of classic...

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    $35.00
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  • Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz 2009

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Mike Bennie 91+ points!"French oak (30-40% new) with 25% whole bunches and made from 100% Shiraz... Tobacco leaf, greenery, garam masala, charcuterie and a heap of wild red and black berry fruit. A heady, exotic aromatic profile with Barossan richness...

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    $42.50
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  • Spinifex Indigene Mataro Shiraz 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Spinifex Indigene Mataro Shiraz 2005

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Wine Advocate 92 points!"The 2005 Indigene is 55% Mataro and 45% Shiraz, the winery's take on Bandol. Opaque purple-colored, the aromas include scorched earth, forest floor, wild game, blackberry, and blueberry. On the palate the wine's youth is apparent...

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    $49.95
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