KUITPO - ADELAIDE HILLS
Reviews and Scores
95 POINTS - HUON HOOKE (THE REAL REVIEW)
93 POINTS - TONY LOVE (HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION)
“One of 3 Grüners in the CRFT collection, somewhat tropical in its aromatics, though with telling varietal white pepper notes. Plenty of mixed spice in there as well, seasoning the ripe fruit flavours within - suggestions of mango and peach, with lovely sticky tannins in the finish. Most distinctive.”
The Wine
A style shift for 2020, this release bringing a richer and more complex style. Mango, peach and apricot, with ripe white pear and black pepper. Hugely textural and concentrated, gorgeous star anise spice lift on the palate with a mangosteen and apricot finish.
Drinking beautifully at release and will continue to develop with bottle age.
Cellar 5 to 8 years.
Serving temp 9-11C
Alcohol - 13.5% alc/vol
Sugar/GF - Dry/<0.1g/L
Release date - October 23rd 2020
The Winemaking
Harvested 18th March 2020. 100% Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner.
Hand-made at CRFT Carey Gully winery.
100% skin contact for 12 hours prior to press then wild fermented on full solids.
Fermented cool and slow in stainless steel. Part way through fermentation about 15% was transferred to an older neutral French oak barrique for barrel fermentation followed by time of lees.
Total 10 weeks in oak to build texture and complexity without picking up oak flavour.
Some light lees stirring in tank and oak, with partial malo-lactic fermentation.
Bottled June 2020. 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.