Vineyards
This vineyard, in the White Hut subregion at the northern end of the Clare Valley, is very close to Adam and Amy's hearts. When they purchased the property in 2007, Atlas Wines was born. And it's where their children spent the first years of their lives, playing among the vines, in sun and dust, or cold and mud!
The land was one of many parts of the old Hill River Station that was divided up and given to workers. The block covers twenty acres and is now planted exclusively with Shiraz, with a mix of dry-grown vines planted around 1989 and irrigated vines planted around 2000. There was previously some Cabernet Sauvignon too, but these vines were removed in 2017 as they'd become tired and were underproducing. New Shiraz rootlings have now taken their place.
The climate is more temperate than other parts of the valley, the topsoil is shallow and the vines have to work hard to produce fruit, resulting in small berries with incredible intense flavours.
Atlas Wines acquired the Leasingham Vineyard early in 2020. It covers 20 hectares and is located two kilometres south of Leasingham township, at the start of the region’s “Golden Mile”. Neighbours here include some of the Clare Valley’s most iconic vineyards, such as Schobers and Botanic Vineyard.
This second vineyard truly cements a home for Rabbit & Spaghetti in the Clare Valley. Together with our original White Hut Vineyard to the north, we now have ongoing access to and control over grapes grown at both ends of the valley.
The vines are predominantly Shiraz, although there is a range of other varieties growing, most notably Tempranillo, Pinot Gris and Riesling. This is a spectacularly well designed and established vineyard with vines growing in a uniform piece of terra rossa soil, with an elevated position and a southeasterly aspect. Average annual rainfall is 650mm.