Imperial 2019 Orphan Bank Shiraz Bottle:6L yields were generally little above

yields were generally little above average (except our Eden Valley vineyard which was hit by frost on 1 December

believed to be planted in 1843 by vigneron Christian Auricht

The original plantings still survive and are some of the oldest and rarest vines in the world

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planted in the 1960s during the Cabernet revolution in the Barossa

Imperial 2019 Orphan Bank Shiraz Bottle:6L yields were generally little aboveOrphan Bank is testament to Langmeils commitment to preserving old and rare Barossa vineyards. Ten rows of Shiraz planted pre 1860 were saved from the developers bulldozer and replanted alongside the original Langmeil vineyard on the banks of the North Para River. We called these ten rows the Orphans, but after 150 years they have a new home.