In the world of wine, there is a kind of wine like a bright star, attracting the attention of countless people, these wines are made by the results of the old grapevine out of the peerless masterpiece – old vine wine.
Old Vine wines are usually labeled ‘Old Vine’ in English or ‘Vieille Vigne’ in French.
However, there is no consensus on what kind of wine should carry such a slogan.
Under normal circumstances, the life of the grapevine can be as long as 80 years or more, in the wine industry, the grapevine of the tree age of more than 40 years is generally called the old vine.
The Wine Association of Barossa Valley, South Australia, has formulated a regulation on the age of old vines: vines that are 35 years old can be called old vines; vines that are 70 years old are called surviving vines; vines that are 100 years old are called century-old vines; vines that are more than 125 years old are called ancestral vines.
Many believe that as the vine grows older, it produces fewer fruits, so that the nutrients it absorbs are distributed more intensively to each bunch, resulting in a more flavorful fruit.
In addition, when these fruits are used to make wine, more elaborate techniques are used, resulting in superior quality, balanced taste, complex aroma, and strong flavor of old vine wine.
So, what are some of the more famous old vine wines in the world?
Let’s take a look.
Australia has nearly three hundred years of syrah grape cultivation history, those tenacious survival of the old vine syrah is the best witness to the history of Australian grape cultivation.
Of all the producing areas in Australia, the Barossa Valley is the most famous for its old vine syrah.
The Barossa Valley was spared the phylloxera disease that swept through Europe and retains some of its oldest vines.
It has a long history of growing syrah grapes, with many trees that are decades old, some as old as 100 to 150 years.
The oldest surviving syrah in the Barossa Valley was planted in 1843 and is owned by the Langmeil winery.
Old Vine Syrah from the Barossa Valley is extremely intense and full bodied with rich dark fruit aromas.
Condrieu, a small but distinctive white wine region in the Rhone region of France, is the finest Viognier wine region in the world.
The best wines are made by the old vine Viognier, grown on sunny, steep hillsides, and produced in rare quantities. It is Viognier’s “wine of worship” and its price is high.
Lodi is the largest premium wine producing region in California and the largest Zinfandel region in the world, with an area of 41,000 hectares growing a wide variety of grape varieties.
Of all the wines produced by Lodi, the most noteworthy is old Vine Zinfandel.
The Old Vine Zinfandel here is the oldest and best Zinfandel in the United States. The old vine Zinfandel with a tree age of more than 80 years is the most famous, and has many famous Zinfandel wine brands.
Priolato is one of only two DOCa regions in Spain (the other is Rioja).
The soil is dominated by mica-rich SLATE and schist, which is ideal for grape cultivation because vines have to root deep in order to find water, resulting in fruit with a distinctive flavor.
Grenache and Carignan are the two traditional varieties here.
The region is known for its pioneering old vine Grenache and carignan, which are often blended to produce dark, tannic wines with high alcohol content and aromas of licorice, tar and cherry brandy.
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