The 2009 Landhaus Siren Rose tops rose class in the Adelaide Reviews Hot 100 wines for 2009.

The 2006 Landhaus Mourvedre Grenache Shiraz takes out top Gold Platinum award at Wine For Asia and tops class for Grenache, Mourvedre and Blends, which included some of Frace's top Chateauneuf-du-Papes.

The 2006 Landhaus 'The Saint' Shiraz was written up by Jeni Port in the Epicure section of The Age Newspaper. It was written up as the Bargain Buy of The Week. For more, read Reviews below.

Landhaus teams up with SYC to raise money for Homeless Kids between the ages of 12-24 years. SYC works with over 6,000 young people each year to overcome their social disadvantage by providing them with opportunities to achieve independence and to make a positive contribution to our community. We are aiming to raise $10,000 for SYC.

Landhaus release a new wine called the 2009 'Siren' Rosè and release the 2008 'Sinner' in new packaging. Kane (Winemaker) thinks that the 2008 Sinner is a step up on the 2006 version. "It looks more like a Cotes du Rhone style, with the juicy core of red fruits, and a hit of spicy, gamey notes on the finish and as Bruce McAvaney would say, Delicious" says Kane. For more on these wines go to the 'Our Wines' section.

James Halliday puts Landhaus Wines in his Top Ten Best New Wineries in Australia in his latest 2010 Wine Companion. He also gave the winery a Five Star Winery Rating. Three Wines Scored 5 Stars and the other Three Scored 4.5 Stars. All wines scoring over 90 points or more. Not bad for a first time submission. For more, read Reviews below.

With a name like Landhaus Estate where else could this comely Shiraz come from but the Barossa. The shiraz is sourced from four important Barossa sub-regions:  Greenock, Stockwell, Ebenezer and Bethany. It's a lively, bouncy wine with a tasty cherry chocolate - yum, Cherry Ripe - and comes with a soft, sweet centre and clean mineral finish. It's totally delicious. Not your typical big-boned, burly Barossan.

The Jaunutis family (John, Barbara, and son Kane) acquired the Landhaus Estate wine business in 2002, followed by the purchase of the Landhaus Cottage and its 1-hectare vineyard. Bethany is the oldest German-established town in the Barossa, and the cottage was one of the first to be built. Kane worked vintages for Mitolo and Trevor Jones, also managing East End Cellars in Adelaide, a leading fine wine retailers. Every step they have taken since 2002 has been an unqualified success.

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The Jaunutis family (John, Barbara and son Kane) purchased Landhaus Estate in November 2002, and the following month bought 'The Landhaus' cottage and 1-ha vineyard at Bethany. Bethany is the oldest German-established town in the Barossa (1842) and the cottage was one of the first to be built. Kane has worked vintages for Mitolo and Trevor Jones as well as managing East End Cellars, one of Australia's leading fine wine retailers, while John brings decades of owner/management experience and Barbara 20 years in sales and marketing. They decided not to pro-duce any wine in 2003, instead rehabilitating the Bethany vineyard, and establishing contacts with growers of old vines in Greenock, Ebenezer and Stockwell. The strategy worked to perfection, the 2004 and '05 wines selling out quickly.

Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 The savoury, herbal notes of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon give the wine an entirely different cast to the Shiraz Mourvedre, but nonetheless synergistically blend with the shiraz on a long and quite intense palate. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 94 Drink 2020 $35 Date Tasted Jun 08

Barossa Valley Shiraz Mourvedre 2006 A delicious blend of equal amounts of shiraz and mourvedre from 70-100-year-old vines; has remarkably fresh fruit with a garnish of spice and sweet leather, the tannins fine and silky. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 94 Drink 2020 $35 Date Tasted Jun 08

Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2006 Dense but developed colour; rich black fruits with a strong dash of dark chocolate and mocha borrowed from McLaren Vale's repertoire; delicious mouthfeel thanks to superfine silky tannins and well-judged oak; great now or later drinking. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 94 Drink 2020 $45 Date Tasted Jun 08

Barossa Valley Mourvedre Grenache Shiraz 2006 Skilled winemaking invests the wine with above average aromaticity and preservation of fruit flavour, juicy compo-nents bonded by gentle but persistent tannins; 70-year-old vines. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 91 Drink 2015 $30 Date Tasted Jun 08

The Saint Shiraz 2006 Like the Reserve, from vines more than 60 years old, from four subregions; a very lively and quite tangy wine, with seamless fruit, older oak and tannins. Shiraz. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 90 Drink 2013 $25 Date Tasted Jun 08

The Sinner 2006 Slightly cosmetic fruit on the fore-palate from 40% Grenache is more than balanced by the stronger fruit and tan-nins from Mourvedre (40%) and Shiraz (20%) which control the back-palate and finish; unoaked; 60-85 year-old vines. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 90 Drink 2015 $25 Date Tasted Jun 08

Landhaus is a Barossan producer making a lot of right moves. It takes grapes from a range of old Barossan vineyards and turns them into honest, fruit-driven, delicious wines, for the main part at reasonable prices. I tasted through six Landhaus reds today and there was not a dud among them, and a lot of wines I'd be keen to hook into again later. These are good quality wines. Not a single one of them is overoaked either - worthy of particular note.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz Mourvedre 2006 ($35) screwcap:
The class of this is obvious. This is soft and cuddly, flavoursome and well balanced. It tastes of plums, coal, toast, raisins and earth, and it sings sweet, warm and long through a generous, and alarmingly attractive palate. Deliciousness plus. Drink: 2009-2014. 93 points.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley The Sinner Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2006 ($25)screwcap:
This joins the clan of unoaked ' Rhone ' blends coming out of the Barossa now - and it's another goodun'. This is (of course) fresh with blue- and red-berried fruit flavours, though there's a sugary, licoricey hit too. It has nice structure and lovely flavour, though it lifts a little too warm through the finish. Damn easy to chug on a few glass of it though. Drink: 2008-2011. 90 points.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Mourvedre Grenache Shiraz 2006 ($30)screwcap:
This is lovely and cuddly too. It's 40% mourvedre, 40% grenache, 20% shiraz and it's been sourced from vines that range from 70 to 100 years old. The grenache component is unmistakable - it has flavours of raspberry and sand and just feels grenache-y - but it's earthy and solid too, with substantial flavour. Drink: 2008-2014. 91 points.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 ($35) screwcap:
Barossa cabernet is on fire of late and this (although of course a blend) is another excellent example. It's structured, straight, fleshy and varietal, its deep core of blackberry matched to nuances of gravel, toast, briar and glue. This is made from fruit grown on 60 to 80 year old vines, and the cabernet makes up 40% of the whole. I like its shape, flavour and style. Drink: 2011-2017. 92 points.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley Reserve Shiraz 2006 ($48) screwcap:
This is a lovely Barossan red. It's soft and supple and yet structured and juicy too, the hit of dark, coal like, blackberried fruit at no time seeming at all over the top. This is the kind of wine you want when you want a Barossa shiraz. It's warm but rich, flavoursome, and distinctly satisfying. Drink: 2009-2015. 95 points.

Landhaus Estate Barossa Valley The Saint Shiraz 2006 ($25) screwcap:
Smells good, tastes good, is good. It's loose and generous, fruit-packed and succulent. I wouldn't cellar it but I would definitely drink it. It tastes of blackberry, leather and earth, with oak flavour essentially non-existent. It's pure Barossan fruit, and a good version of it. Drink: 2008-2012. 91 points.