Atlas
Atlas began in earnest on a 26-acre block of land, a vineyard planted with Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, on the eastern slopes of the Clare Valley. The year was 2007. Adam Barton and Amy Lane made an investment in Clare, an investment in their future, and Atlas Wines was born.
Their vision for Atlas was pretty simple: to produce great wine from the highest-quality fruit available, not just from the Atlas estate vineyard but from vineyards with exceptional provenance in the surrounding regions. In searching out these vineyards, Adam has come to know intimately the complexity and diversity of the Clare Valley, and how the unique characteristics of different sites – geology, soil, groundwater, climate and weather, aspect, slope and more – produce fruit with unique qualities.
The Atlas house style is a carefully composed mosaic of the best parts of the region: the red wines, sourced primarily from the Atlas estate vineyard at White Hut in the north and Schobers’ vineyard at Auburn in the south, are elegant yet powerful, and well structured; the whites, sourced from Churinga vineyard at the northern end of Watervale and Gullyview vineyard at the southern end, are finely structured, aromatic and pure.