PICCADILLY VALLEY - ADELAIDE HILLS
Scores and reviews
94 POINTS - MIKE BENNIE, THE WINE FRONT
“Arranmore Vineyard the culprit here. Wet slate, peach juice, preserved lemon, ginger. Supple, flowing, long, some richness here and strong minerality though savouriness is also a feature. Lots going on. Excellent the more you pause on it. And high drinkability. Into it. Rated : 94 Points”
93 POINTS - STUART KNOX, THE REAL REVIEW
“A bright straw-yellow hue. White peach, roasted nut and struck flint aromatics. It's tightly-wound on the palate with barely ripe stone fruits, lemon zest layering with bacon fat and a saline minerality. Acidity is a big part of the wine, with a tight focus into a dry fuzz of phenolics at the finish. Drink 2021–2031.”
The Wine
The nose is all stone fruit with white peach and nectarine and the pine-lime Splice character we see each year. It’s fresh and lively with sweet grapefruit yet complex with shortbread and macadamia nut.
The natural acidity carries the palate, showing clingstone peach, butterscotch and creamy malo characters. A complex and interesting wine with all the hallmarks of a chardonnay to cellar and enjoy with a few more years on its belt.
Drinking beautifully at release and will continue to develop with bottle age. Cellar 10 years, possibly longer.
Suggested serving temperature: 8-10C
Alcohol - 13.5% alc/vol
Sugar/GF - Dry/<0.1g/L
Release – April 2021
The Winemaking
Harvested 18th March 2020
Hand-made at CRFT Carey Gully winery.
100% NASAA Certified Organic Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, hand-picked.
Whole bunch pressed followed by wild fermentation on full solids in tank, then transferred to oak for barrel fermentation around half way through ferment.
Some light lees stirring with full malo-lactic fermentation in oak.
Matured for 7 months in 100% French oak, 30% new, 70% older oak. 100% natural acidity.
Bottled November 2020, Vegan friendly.
The Vineyard
The Arranmore Vineyard has been farmed organically since Frewin & Candice took ownership in January 2016 and is now NASAA Certified Organic (February 2019).
Estate-owned, managed and farmed, the 5-acre Arranmore Vineyard planted from 1995-1998, is situated at Carey Gully in the Piccadilly Valley (Adelaide Hills).
Elevation - 545 meters
Aspect - East facing
Planted - 1995-1998
Map - 34°58'07.5"S 138°45'38.1"E
Soil - Rich dark loam with clay and gravel mix, small pieces of quartz and ironstone sprinkled throughout.