Château Tanunda, Icon of the Barossa, has reason to celebrate once again being named a Five Star Winery with an incredible 16 wines rated over 90 points in the Halliday Wine Companion 2025.
With over 9,000 wines tasted for the 2025 edition, Château Tanunda Managing Director, Michelle Geber, is excited by a raft of great reviews for the latest release wines. The ratings were high enough to be named a Five Star Winery, with 16 wines rated 90-95 Points.
A grand achievement for Château Tanunda in Australia that has long enjoyed fame in its European markets, named “Best Australian Producer” at the famous Berlin Wine Trophy every year since 2012.
For the past two decades the Geber family have put their heart, soul and passion into handcrafting some of the Barossa’s most collectable wines, with a focus on unique Old Vine Expressions of 50, 100 and 150 Year Old vines, and consistently delivering a true taste of the Barossa befitting of the Château.
The iconic Château Tanunda The Everest Shiraz 2021 (RRP: $330 per bottle) was once again a 95-point star, calling it a “…good cellar prospect”, only adding to its ‘worlds-best’ legacy attained with the first 2005 vintage winning the trophy for “World’s Best Shiraz” at the IWSC 2010. With only 200 cases crafted from some of the oldest and most revered Shiraz vines in the world famous Barossa, the 2021 vintage will be on the radar of collectors everywhere upon release in July 2025.
Château Tanunda also produces outstanding quality white wines, with the rare jewel 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2022 the highest rated white at 95 points saying “…Expansive with a light phenolic textural component sailing long, true and lemony across the palate with bright acidity and a lightly spiced finish of citrus fruits and pastries. Lovely”.
While Shiraz continues to be a hero of the Barossa, Château Tanunda sees great things in both Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache from the region. The Château Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 from the rocky loam soils of the 30.8ha Eden Valley vineyard rated 93 points, and the new addition to the single vineyard range, The Château Tanunda Single Vineyard Grenache 2022 also rated 93 points.
The famous Grand Barossa range in general gained further credentials as being a true taste of the Barossa, being commended for their special value. The Grand Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2022, Grand Barossa Shiraz 2022, Grand Barossa Dry Riesling 2023 and the Dry Rosé 2022 all designated the highly sought-after “Special Value” star from the Wine Companion team.
The Top 16 in Halliday Wine Companion 2025 Château Tanunda Reviews:
- 95 Points – The Everest Shiraz 2021
- 95 Points – The Château 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2022
- 93 Points – 50 Year Old VInes Shiraz 2021
- 93 Points – Terroirs of the Barossa Ebenezer District Shiraz 2021
- 93 Points – The Château Single Vineyard Grenache 2022
- 92 Points – Terroirs of the Barossa ‘Greenock’ Shiraz 2022
- 92 Points – The Château Single Vineyard Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- 91 Points – 50 Year Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 91 Points – The Château Single Vineyard ‘Bethanian’ Shiraz 2022
- 91 Points – The Château Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
- 91 Points – The Old Cooperage Cabernet Franc 2022
- 91 Points – Grand Barossa Dry Riesling 2023
- 91 Points – Grand Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2022
- 90 Points – The Château Single Vineyard ‘Bethanian’ Shiraz 2021
- 90 Points – Grand Barossa Shiraz 2022
- 90 Points – Château Tanunda Dry Rosé 2022
About the Halliday Wine Companion: The Halliday Wine Companion is widely regarded as the bible of Australian wine. A five-star rating recognizes sustained excellence and puts the winery into the top 10% of wineries in the country. It is classified as: “An outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity. Will have at least two wines rated at 95 points or above and had a five-star rating for the previous two years.”