High in the hills surrounding the Barossa Valley lies Pewsey Vale, Eden Valley's first vineyard. Its founder, Englishman Joseph Gilbert, arrived in South Australia after seeing an advertisement in the London Times announcing The Buckinghamshire's imminent departure for the colony. By 1841, just two years after his arrival, Joseph had planted Pewsey Vale's first grapevines. The winemaking is still simple and natural, hand picked grapes are whole bunch pressed directly to older oak barrels for fermentation by indigenous yeasts. Vinified and matured for six months in a selection of seasoned French oak barriques, the parcels remain in barrel whilst being treated to regular batonnage. Alcohol 13.0%