Agricola Vintners Theel's Handfibel 2022

A mesmerising, site-focused creation from winemaker Callum Powell, representing the absolute pinnacle of high-altitude Eden Valley winemaking. Named after the historic Handfibel—a 19th-century German instructional primer brought to the Barossa by early Silesian settlers—this rare, small-batch release pays homage to heritage and traditional craft while delivering a modern masterclass in elegance, purity, and cool-climate tension.

The nose is breathtakingly expressive and lifted, wafting with scents of dark wild mulberries, blue plums, and tart cherries, beautifully framed by nuances of crushed granite, cracked black pepper, dried violets, and subtle savory herbs. On the palate, it delivers weightless concentration and exceptional structural drive. A tight-knit core of dark berry fruit and stone-fruit skin is propelled by a sharp, linear beam of cool-climate natural acidity and an intricate framework of ultrafine, chalky tannins. Ethereal, deeply savoury, and extraordinarily persistent on the finish, Theel’s Handfibel is a landmark bottle for collectors of benchmark Australian wine, built to evolve gracefully in the cellar for 15 to 20+ years.