Eden Valley
A cool, high-altitude Barossa-zone GI famous for steely, age-worthy Riesling and some of the world's oldest Shiraz vines.
About Eden Valley
Eden Valley sits high in the Mount Lofty Ranges above and east of the Barossa Valley floor, and altitude is everything here: cooler temperatures and big diurnal swings give the region a distinctly different signature from its warmer neighbour. Riesling is the calling card — taut, citrus-and-mineral wines that age for decades — while Shiraz from the region's ancient, low-fertility schist and ironstone soils is more perfumed and structured than valley-floor Barossa fruit. Winemaking dates to 1847, and Eden Valley shelters some of the oldest continuously producing Shiraz and Riesling vineyards on earth, including the legendary Hill of Grace site farmed by Henschke. Formally entered in Australia's Register of Protected Names as a Geographical Indication on 15 August 1997, and home to the High Eden sub-region, Eden Valley pairs heritage with cool-climate finesse — a rare combination of old-vine power and high-country elegance within the broader Barossa.
Terroir & regulation
Principal producers
- Henschke
- Yalumba
- Pewsey Vale
- Mountadam
Editorial notes
Home to Henschke's Hill of Grace and some of the planet's oldest Shiraz and Riesling vines.