MACCLESFIELD - ADELAIDE HILLS
Reviews and Scores
92 POINTS - CAMPBELL MATTINSON, THE WINE FRONT
”Intensity is good. Texture is interesting too: not so much plush, which is the usual synonym for texture in wine, but chalky and dry through the finish, almost steely, though with tropical fruit, apple and ribald spice flavours rolling straight on through. This is another hit with Gruner for the CRFT team.”
The Wine
Classic flavours with celery, white pepper and kiwi fruit. It hints at umami and grilled cheese with plenty of pear and a textural mid palate.
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 1st 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 malo-lactic fermentation.
Bottled July 2021. Vegan friendly.
The Vineyard
Brothers and Longview Vineyard owners Peter and Mark Saturno together with Vineyard Manager Chris Mein grow our Longview Vineyard Grüner Veltliner at Macclesfield, Adelaide Hills.
Elevation: 300 to 320m
Aspect: South facing steep slope
Planted: 2011
Clones: Iby, HHW2
Map: -35.192097, 138.821556
Soil: Rocky, scattered with ironstone and quartz. Fine silt and sandy loam topsoil, dense clay and loam subsoil.⠀