Description
Winemaker Adam Barton after working for Scarpantoni (McLaren Vale), Rolf Binder (Barossa), Wynns Coonawarra Estate and iconic Bonny Doon (California) wasted no time to complete a winemaking degree at Adelaide University. Atlas Wines began on a 26-acre block of land, a vineyard planted with Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, on the eastern slopes of the Clare Valley. The year was 2007. Adam Barton and Amy Lane made an investment in Clare and an investment in their future. Their vision for Atlas was pretty simple: to produce great wine from the highest-quality fruit from vineyards with exceptional provenance. Adam has come to understand the complexity and diversity of the Clare Valley, and how the unique characteristics of different sites produce fruit with distinctive qualities. It’s these qualities that they have sought to express through the wines they have made. As such, the Atlas house style is a carefully composed mosaic of the region. It is a true boutique producer. The red wines, sourced primarily from White Hut in the north and Leasingham in the south, are elegant yet powerful, and well structured; the whites, sourced from several sites at Watervale are finely structured, aromatic and pure.
Not suprising James Halliday rated them a 5 Red Star Winery saying “...The quality of the wines is extraordinarily good and extraordinarily consistent.”
Alongside this range is a selection of single-vineyard wines, only produced when a vineyard’s fruit is worthy of celebration on its own. Adam’s approach in these cases is to nurture these grapes through the winemaking process with attention to detail and minimal intervention to produce wines with character and that have the capacity to age. To date, these wines have been produced from Shiraz grown in Atlas’ own vineyard at White Hut and Riesling from the Churinga vineyard at Watervale as well as a small parcel from Marcus Schulz in the Barossa Valley.
95 points James Haliday 2018 Australian Wine Companion “A fine and tightly structured riesling with citrus blossom aromas, lime, lemon and Granny Smith fruits, lengthened by crisp, minerally acidity. Precision engineering.”
RRP $30
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