Glug enjoys bringing the past back to life with its many wine brands. Auld and Burton were Adelaide wine and spirit merchants by 1862 while the Auld family name continues to this day in South Australian wine. The Barossa Valley marks its origin in 1842 and likely they planted Shiraz around that time. When Mataro arrived is less certain and little mention is made of this variety until table wine became popular from the 1950s.
The oldest Mataro vines date back to around 1892 though it was a popular variety in previous eras as a productive, non-irrigated bush vine this before the arrival of trellised vine rows and drip irrigation. We do know that the early makers of Barossa Valley Shiraz added 10-15% of Mataro to many blends as they found this added strength and character to the wine. So Mataro was the variety which was never on the label yet was always in red wine. Glug are fans of the variety and list six or so which are 100% varietal. This Auld and Burton continues the traditional, fully ripe, old Barossa style of the 1940s.
