The Cazes family of Bordeaux and the Bollinger family of Champagne have joined forces with renowned Australian “terroirist” and winemaker Brian Croser in an endeavor to create a distinctive new class of Australian wine. This Tapanappa partnership owns mature vineyards in some of the most expressive Australian terroirs and the partners are determined to apply their combined fine wine experience to these singular vineyards in order to craft wines of the best possible quality. The name Tapanappa derives from Australian aboriginal words meaning “stick to the path.”

Planted in the mid-1970s, the 20-acre Whalebone Vineyard in Wrattonbully is source of Tapanappa’s red wines. The famed seven-acre Tiers Vineyard at the heart of South Australia’s Piccadully Valley is the source of Tapanappa Chardonnay.

Tapanappa wines are collectors’ items produced in very restricted quantities, each rarely exceeding 700 cases a year.