Viottolo Viale
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted lamb chops, wood-fired pizza, slow-cooked beef ragu
✨ Technical Specifications
RedHeads, established as a liberating playground for South Australia's most talented winemakers, is renowned for crafting small-batch, character-driven wines that break away from corporate constraints. While Viottolo Viale represents an intriguing, highly limited release within their portfolio—evoking the winding paths and avenues of South Australia's premium vineyards—it typifies the winery's signature approach: sourcing exceptional parcels of fruit from independent growers. RedHeads' red wines are celebrated for their bold, expressive personalities, minimal intervention winemaking, and vibrant fruit purity, showcasing the rich, sun-drenched terroirs of regions like the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. This wine embodies their rebellious spirit, combining traditional craftsmanship with a modern, eco-conscious dedication to quality.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2002 by the UK-based Laithwaite family, RedHeads Wine evolved from an avant-garde collective of moonlighting South Australian winemakers into a purpose-built, eco-conscious estate in the Barossa Valley. Operating out of an off-grid winery in Angaston, the producer champions small-batch 'grape liberation,' sourcing distinctive micro-parcels from independent growers across the Barossa, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills, and Eden Valley alongside its own eight-hectare certified organic estate vineyard. Viticulture and vinification prioritize environmental stewardship, confirmed by NASAA organic certification and international accolades for sustainable power and water conservation. In the cellar, head winemaker Alex Trescowthick employs open-top ferments, native yeasts, and sensitive oak regimens tailored to individual varietal profiles. The portfolio bridges Barossa power and aromatic precision, showcased through benchmark releases such as the 1888 Cabernet Sauvignon, Harmonie Rox Chardonnay, Triplex, and characterful Rhône and Mediterranean single-vineyard expressions.