Karrawirra, in the Southern Barossa Valley near Lyndoch, is celebrated as a brand built around shiraz, the famous variety of the valley.
In 1847, twenty families from Posen, Prussia settled in is a most unusual small valley on the bed of a dry lake that has almost a spiritual quality. They named their village Hoffnungsthal, or Valley of Hope. They were warned by a local aboriginal group who occasionally camped there that it was prone to flooding and in 1854 the village was indeed flooded forcing them to set up a new camp at Lyndoch.
The Nomenclature Act of 1917 changed this name to Karrawirra which is derived from the aboriginal dialect that refers to ‘stands of red gums’ as karra wirra. Magnificent red gums, many centuries old, are plentiful in this valley, giving it a
unique character.
The Kies family who have vineyards at Karrawirra released a Karrawirra labelled wine in 1969. They later ceased using the brand. The current Karrawirra label faithfully follows the early designs.
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Karrawirra Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet 2021
$16.50What a beautiful wine, the result of perfect vintage, the 14th for Karrawirra. Karrawirra is a traditional Glug brand so expect a traditional interpretation of a Barossa red.
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Karrawirra Single Vineyard ‘Fan Block’ Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
$26.00The pick of the best Barossa end up as Karrawirra Single Vineyard bottlings.
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Karrawirra Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Original price was: $16.50.$11.00Current price is: $11.00.The 15th vintage of Karrawirra reds. One certainty of life is the ever-changing weather, so no two vintages are the same. Antarctica is the great creator of the Earth’s weather and winemakers along the Southern edge see this every vintage. Though Barossa grapes always get ripe though the time varies.
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Karrawirra Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
Original price was: $16.50.$11.00Current price is: $11.00.As customers are aware Glug favours later picking. It is possible in many vintages to leave the grapes hanging for much longer though you need a customer base to support the sales of these more extreme ripe styles.
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Karrawirra Barossa Valley Shiraz 2023
Original price was: $16.50.$11.00Current price is: $11.00.Guardian of the Barossa the 16th Vintage. The first Glug vintage was the 2008 though we revived this brand which was used by Kies Family Wines in 1968. The name is derived from aboriginal peoples and means stands of red gums. The Kara-wirra valley, near Lyndoch was the home of century old red gums of massive size.
