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2027 vintage · Crews enrolling

McLaren Vale Estate

McLaren Vale · South Australia · Australia · from $290

The wines

3 wines enrolling in McLaren Vale.

Each is one lot, made in one vessel. The winemaker designs the style; the calls inside it are yours.

McLaren Vale Shiraz

McLaren Vale Shiraz

Shiraz

McLaren Vale Shiraz is rich and warm, with blackberry and plum over dark chocolate, licorice, and spice and full, rounded tannins.

blackberryplumdark chocolatelicoricewarm spice
LightFull
Pairs with
barbecue ribs, grilled steak, smoked brisket
Serve
Serve 16-17°C; decant 45 minutes for the rich fruit.
Cellar
Generous young; holds 6-12 years.

$70/vine · 1.6 btl/vine

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Old-Vine Grenache

Old-Vine Grenache

Grenache

An old-bush-vine Grenache is bright and lifted, with raspberry and red cherry over pepper and dried herb and silky, supple tannins.

raspberryred cherrywhite pepperdried herbsilky tannin
LightFull
Pairs with
roast pork, grilled sausage, ratatouille
Serve
Serve 15-16°C; a slight chill keeps this warm-climate red fresh.
Cellar
Bright young; best in its first 5-10 years.

$82/vine · 1.3 btl/vine

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GSM Field Blend

GSM Field Blend

55% Grenache · 30% Shiraz · 15% Mourvèdre

A McLaren Vale GSM is generous and spicy, with red berry and blackberry over warm spice and garrigue and smooth tannins.

red berryblackberrywarm spicegarriguesmooth tannin
LightFull
Pairs with
lamb kebabs, barbecue chicken, roasted vegetables
Serve
Serve 16-17°C; little decanting needed for this generous blend.
Cellar
Drinks well young; best in its first 4-8 years.

$58/vine · 1.7 btl/vine

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What you receive

A year of the vintage, in your hands.

Samples all season

01

Samples all season

Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.

A vote at every fork

02

A vote at every fork

Pick date, oak, and where the blend lands. The winemaker lays out the options; you choose.

Watch it live

03

Watch it live

Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.

Your bottles at release

04

Your bottles at release

Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label.

Vine to bottle

You’re there for the whole year.

We farm the vineyard every month of it. The filled stops are where a call comes to you: in a Crew you vote on it with the other members; on a whole-block lease it’s yours alone.

  1. Jul

    Dormant pruning

    Dormant pruning

    Cane counts set the size of the crop.

  2. Aug

    Cane tying

    Cane tying

  3. Sep

    Bud break

    Bud break

  4. Oct

    Shoots grow

    Shoots grow

  5. Nov

    Flowering

    Flowering

  6. Dec

    Fruit set

    Fruit set

  7. Jan

    Canopy

    Canopy

  8. Feb

    Véraison

    Véraison

    A verijuice sample ships to you.

  9. Mar

    Harvest

    Harvest

    Your call · Pick date

    The winemaker brings the ripeness numbers and the forecast. Pick now, or wait.

  10. Apr

    Cap punch

    Cap punch

    A post-ferment sample ships to you. On a whole-block lease, fermentation is your call too.

  11. May

    Barrel down

    Barrel down

    Your call · Oak

    How much new wood, and how long the wine spends in barrel.

  12. Jun

    Barrel samples

    Barrel samples

    A barrel sample ships to you.

  13. Then

    Blend & bottle

    Blend & bottle

    Your call · The blend

    Where the final wine lands inside the winemaker's range — then bottling day.

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The place

Why the wine tastes like McLaren Vale.

Region
McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia
Soil
Ancient sandy loam over limestone and ironstone
Climate
Warm maritime Mediterranean, gulf-cooled
Elevation
50–200 m
Wines enrolling
3 Crew lots
McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia

Follow the season

The McLaren Vale growing year, by the numbers.

Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your Crew’s readings once farming begins.

Live at the vineyard · updated hourly
21°Mainly clear

46% humidity · wind 22 km/h

272 growing degree days · last 90 days

Last 14 days · high / low °C

7-day forecast

Mon

26°

19°

Overc

Tue

24°

15°

53%

Wed

24°

15°

Light

Thu

26°

15°

Fog

Fri

29°

19°

Overc

Sat

24°

10°

51%

Sun

14°

8°

55%

Hemisphere

Right now

Harvest

Target ripeness

BarrelLogic · vintage feed
Example
  • Shoots away and growing — canopy filling in nicely

    4h ago

  • Flowering underway on the home block; even fruit set looking likely

    Yesterday

  • Soil moisture steady after last week's rain

    2 days ago

  • Crew poll opening soon: green-harvest drop or full crop?

    3 days ago

  • First shoot-thinning pass completed across the lower rows

    5 days ago

Example activity. Your Crew’s feed from McLaren Vale appears here once the vintage begins.

BarrelLogic

Season progress

Typical · Oct–Mar

Bud breakOctFloweringDecFruit setJanVéraisonFebHarvestMarDormantYou are here

Typical ripeness

Typical · véraison to harvest

12°18°24°~25°BrixVéraisonHarvest

Beyond the bottle

Your vintage, end to end.

Lease it here, follow and steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. Three sites, one vintage.

  1. 01 · Lease it

    SplitVineyards

    Your own vineyard. Without the work.

    Your vines in McLaren Vale and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.

    You're here
  2. 02 · Follow & decide it

    BarrelLogic

    The operating system for modern winemakers.

    Track your vintage from bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.

    Visit BarrelLogic
  3. 03 · Taste first

    BarrelTaster

    The tasting room of the world.

    Not ready to commit to a vintage? Taste finished wines from around the world first.

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Tell us what you'd want

Want something else from McLaren Vale?

The wines above are open now, by the vine or as a whole-block lease. If you'd rather buy finished bottles or visit, say so. When enough people ask, we take that demand to the region's wineries — and you'll be the first to hear what they say.

Buy with confidence

Owning a vintage, without the worry.

This listing opens with the 2027 vintage. Questions about delivery, timing, or how a season runs where you live? Ask before you commit.

Talk to us first
  • Guest checkout

    No account until you pay. We create it from your email so you can follow your vines.

  • Secure checkout

    Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

  • We farm it

    Pruning, canopy, harvest and the cellar work are done for you. The winemaking calls come to you.

  • Real provenance

    Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label. Lease the whole block and your own name goes on it.

  • A deposit, then the lease

    A $500 deposit holds a whole-block lease while the winery confirms the yearly price and the three-year terms with you. It's fully refundable from your account until you sign.

  • Ships within the US

    To most states. Outside the US: storage, pickup at the estate, or a US address.

Questions

What people ask first.

Every question, answered →

No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.

Make the McLaren Vale vintage yours.

Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make the calls, and the wine is yours.

Choose your vines — from $290

McLaren Vale Estate

from $290