Claimed by the owner
Julian Castagna was a film director in Sydney when wine pulled him sideways. He and Carolann sold up, moved into a caravan on bare grazing land outside Beechworth, and planted Syrah in 1997 — five clones descended from 1850s Rhône stock. The straw-bale winery has been farmed biodynamically from the start, coaxing the granitic soil's minerality into wines that track Côte-Rôtie rather than the Australian mainstream.
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Wine region
Geographical Indication · VIC
Beechworth region
These premises stand inside the Beechworth boundary. Where the fruit is grown, and what appears on the label, is the producer’s to state.
- Climate
- Warm · 22.5°C
- Region plantings
- 126 ha
- Within
- North East Victoria
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