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Seppeltsfield

Seppeltsfield

Seppeltsfield

  • Australia
Over its 167-year history Seppeltsfield has built its reputation on the production of exceptional fortified wines and remains the only winery in the world to release a 100-year-old, single vintage wine each year.

Established in 1851 by Joseph Seppelt, the winery flourished in the 20th century as part of the Seppelt family's expanding interests in the liquor industry, which grew to include vineyards and wineries across various Australian regions. The Seppelts maintained ownership until 1985, when the winery entered a period of corporate ownership which lasted until 2007. Seppeltsfield is now owned by Warren Randall - a qualified viticulturist and winemaker who worked for the Seppelt family during the 1980s. Randall has led a Seppeltsfield renaissance by developing its vineyard holdings on the ‘Western Ridge' of the Barossa Valley and restoring the winery's heritage listed buildings, including the prized 1888 Gravity Cellar.

Despite its substantial vineyard ownership, Seppeltsfield has only ever offered their still wines from its cellar door in the Barossa. Led by winemakers Fiona Donald and Matthew Pick, they have recently released a range of Barossa still wines to the trade, for which Bancroft Wines will be exclusive agents in the UK. The range includes an Eden Valley Riesling from the estate's coolest and highest elevation vineyard, an unoaked Grenache from its prized bush vine Great Terraced Vineyard and a Shiraz from the Barossa's Western ridge.

From their highly exclusive Para Vintage Tawny Centennial range, their 1923 100-Year-Old Para Vintage Tawny received 100 points from James Halliday. This released coincided with the day the Seppelt family moved into the homestead in 1851. It also marked the 46th consecutive 100 Year-Old Para Vintage Tawny to be released from the historic 1878 Centennial Cellar, and is rated as ‘exceptional' in the Langton's Classification of Australian Wine. The 1999 Para 21 Year Old Tawny was chosen as one of Matthew Jukes` 100 Best Australian Wines 2022/2023.