Family owned · Family run · Est. 1830s
Monapilla
Estate
A 600-acre family farm on The Range, overlooking McLaren Vale. Single-vineyard Shiraz and Suffolk lamb for the conscious consumer.
The Beal Family
A farm is more than vines and sheep.
“It’s a family’s heritage and future.”
Monapilla Estate sits on The Range above the McLaren Vale wine region. Thirty-five acres are given to Shiraz. The rest is high-quality grazing country for our Suffolk flock, with fenced creek lines left as habitat for native wildlife. We farm it the way we would want to be farmed: slowly, carefully, and for the long run.
The Beal Family
Live as though you’ll die tomorrow, farm as though you’ll live forever
The Range, in order
Nearly two centuries of one piece of land, and three decades of one family on it.
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Founded1830s
The Range is settled
Six hundred acres on the ridge above the vale, with the coast on one horizon and the vines on the other. It was founded in the early 1830s and would wait a century and a half for the family that would make it a home.
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Re-established1990s
The Beal family arrives
What started as eight acres of dry-grown Riesling and a poor, unproductive landscape became the project of a lifetime. Reduced chemical use, rotational grazing and patience turned it into a parcel of land we are very proud of.
Read the story
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The vineyard35 acres
Five blocks, ten to forty years old
The same pruner for fifteen years. Sheep grazing between the rows for soil health. Fruit so consistent it has been hand-selected for Penfolds Grange. Then we hand it to Ben Riggs to make our Shiraz.
The Shiraz
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The flockSuffolk
Kindness over economics, every time
Suffolks are the breed butchers and restaurants ask for by name: sweet, succulent and tender. Ours are selected for the top percentile of marbling and tenderness in Australia, and raised with shade, shelter and low-stress handling.
The Suffolks
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NowStay
Monapilla Escape opens its doors
Two off-grid villas set apart on the farm, each with a fire-tub under the stars, our Shiraz on the bench and the flock at the fence. The farm you read about here is the one you can wake up on.
Stay on the farm
The Shiraz
Old school. Big, rich, soft, proper McLaren Vale Shiraz.
- StylePremium Shiraz
- BatchSmall batch
- SourceSingle vineyard
- Vintage2016
“The essence of what I do for Monapilla Estate is to make a wine that your old man loved to drink. Easy drinking, but at the same time flavoursome and interesting.” Ben Riggs, winemaker
The Suffolks
Home to a flock of Suffolk ewes
Our family has always felt lucky to eat lamb we raised ourselves, knowing every step of its life. We want you to feel the same.
- Rams selected from the highest percentile for marbling and tenderness in Australia.
- Shade and shelter, low-stress stock handling, and shearers chosen for how they handle our sheep.
- Available to restaurants, butchers and anyone who just loves good lamb.
Our sister brandMonapilla Escape
Sleep where the Shiraz grows.
Two private, off-grid villas on the Estate. Fire-tubs under the open sky, vineyard and coast views, e-bikes to the cellar doors, and a bottle of our Shiraz waiting on the bench.
A separate business on the same farm. Stays are booked at monapillaescape.com.au.
Visit us
378 Rifle Range Road, McLaren Vale
For questions about our produce or pricing, email us or call Henry. Visits to the Estate are by appointment.
