KUITPO - ADELAIDE HILLS
Reviews and Scores
91 POINTS - MIKE BENNIE, THE WINE FRONT
”CRFT, they who dislike vowels, are somewhat of a gruner specialist, though I’m not pigeonholing, they just seem to do really well with it and do a lot more than most with it.
True to ‘classic gruner’, if that’s a thing, this is very well expressed in this wine with root vegetable scents and flavours, tonic water and lime characters, a ripple of limey acidity, just under medium weight, good texture, excellent length. Lots of charm and interest.”
The Wine
The nose shows pineapple, a subtle flinty note, then layers of white peach with white pepper spice. The palate has the most minerality of the three Grüners, with a direct acid line and fresh nectarine finish.
Drinking beautifully at release and will continue to develop with bottle age.
Cellar 5 years. Possibly beyond.
Serving temp 9-11C, serve cooler in hot weather.
Style – Dry and textural
Alcohol – 13.5% alc/vol
Sugar/GF – Dry/<0.1g/L
RRP – $31
Release – 7th October 2021
The Winemaking
Hand-made at CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Harvested 19th March 2021. Hand-picked.
50% whole-bunch pressed to tank, the remaining fruit destemmed and left to skin contact for a limited time prior to pressing.
Both batches then blended together for wild fermentation on full solids.
Fermented cool and slow in stainless steel. Part way through tank fermentation a portion was transferred to older neutral French oak for barrel fermentation followed by time on lees, with the aim to build texture and complexity without picking up oak flavour.
Occasional lees stirring in tank and oak, with partial wild malo-lactic fermentation.
Bottled July 2021. Vegan friendly.
The Vineyard
Geoff Hardy grows our K1 Vineyard Grüner Veltliner from his beautiful property at Kuitpo, Adelaide Hills.
Elevation: 300 to 320m
Aspect: North West facing
Planted: 2008 (grafted)
Clone: Elite
Map: -35.226406,138.668736
Soil: Rocky, flinty ground with ironstone and sandstone, and orange clay loam.