The Basket Press Winery
The Basket Press Winery - Château Tanunda has been restored back into a winery.
The new showcase winery was installed in the old west wing of the Château in 2004 and was ready for vintage 2005. The new production facility is designed to meticulously process small batches of premium fruit.
The winery features the latest in Basket Press development - Vaslin Bucher ‘JLB20’ Basket Press. This technology was not available to the industry four years ago. In addition, gentle crushing, careful selection and open fermentation along with a return to the traditional oak fermenters only used by the great houses of Europe are highlights of the significant investment in quality made by the Geber family for this facility.
Stuart Bourne, Château Tanunda’s Chief Winemaker is a perfect fit for producing small batch premium wines earning the Château an enviable reputation. 'High quality wines that are unique and international in their styling - Our wines reflect the Barossa and its strengths yet have a Châteauness that sets them apart'.
Our Winery is unique and extraordinary, we at Château Tanunda focus on:
- Integrity – aesthetically beautiful that integrates with the current Chateau Tanunda architecture and environment
- A consumer friendly approach for Chateau Tanunda’s visitors
- Small and select wine production - 200 tonne capacity (which is equivalent to approx 12,000 cases)
- A Vaslin and Bucher ‘JLB 20’ automated Basket Press. This style of press (when installed) was the first one of its kind in Australia and is internationally recognised as the ‘Rolls Royce’ of Basket Presses!
The key design principle of this press is gentle handling and pressing. The press is programmable with soft pressing cycles - The static pressing and self draining capabilities give a clarity of style and fruit not achievable by other modern presses.
- Traditional open ferments with fermenting capacity limited to 3 tonne parcels.