Mirus Vineyard
‘The underlying rock and soils on our Mirus Vineyard are some of the Barossa’s oldest and rarest.’
From the first visit, Viticulturalists Luke Edwards and Nick Radford recognised the vineyards potential. Between ancient sand hills and ironstone conglomerate ridge, 30 acres of vines wind their way from the east to west across the top of the property, before descending into the Marananga and Seppeltsfield valleys.
The site’s old, gnarly, dry-grown bush vine Grenache, the rounded quartz river pebbles on the ridge and the underlying red clays were clear indicators of its exceptional promise.
Although not initially in the market for a vineyard, the moment Nick and Luke set foot on the property, they realised they had found something precious.
Having travelled the world training in biodynamic principles, Nick and Kirsty founded the one of the first biodynamic vineyard in the Barossa. Deeply connected to land and with a long family tradition of farming in the region, Nick is committed to sustainable farming, always listening to and respecting the needs of the vineyard environment.
Luke and Renee, have for 20 years built sustainable vineyards across various regions, including the Barossa and Adelaide Hills.
Together, they merge their philosophies and experience, working side by side to cultivate this exceptional vineyard.
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With 30 acres under vine, including bush vine Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro and Cabernet Sauvignon, varying soils and clonal types, our wines have been shaped to reflect the exciting diversity of this fascinating site.
Our story begins millions of years ago…
Mirus Vineyards soils originate from weathered Precambrian (Palaeozoic) rock which is around 500 million years old. The majority of the Barossa ‘Valley’ would have been created 35 to 50 million years ago by folding and faulting events as Australia and Antarctica parted ways and the subsequent 35+ million years of erosion. The ridges of the western range have resisted some of the worst of the erosion due to sections of thicker rock such as those that form the escarpment of our Mirus vineyard. These are some of the Barossa’s oldest rocks (pre-Tertiary) that support some of our rarest soils
Sustainability
Half of our 80 acres at Mirus Vineyards is dedicated woody grasslands with valuable old bluegums, peppermint box and sheoak. By removing livestock we now have a variety of native grass making a come back and have planted 500 indigenous understory plants to build biodiversity and to provide habitat and food for native wildlife.
In the vineyard we are working towards an organic/biodynamic system, with zero cultivation, low input floor management and organic foliar sprays. We use biodynamic soil preparations and apply compost to enhance soil structure, soil biology and available nutrients.
Our winemaking is traditional with all blocks fermented and matured separately in small batches. Our red wines are bottled without fining and filtration and have minimal sulphur added.
