MACCLESFIELD – ADELAIDE HILLS
The Wine
The 2022 Longview Grüner is fresh and bright with apple, passionfruit and lime cordial. The palate is creamy with celery, pear and grapefruit, tannins a plenty.
Drink 2022 to 2028, possibly beyond.
Serve 9-11C, cooler in warm weather
13.5% alc/vol
Vegan Friendly
Winemaking
Hand-made at CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
100% Macclesfield Grüner Veltliner hand-picked on March 15.
Half the batch was whole-bunch pressed; the remaining fruit was destemmed, followed by 24 hours of skin contact before pressing.
Both batches were then blended in tank to begin full solids wild ferment. Partway through fermentation half of the batch was transferred into oak for wild fermentation in older seasoned (neutral) French barriques. The balance was wild fermented on full solids in tank.
100% wild yeast ferment. Full wild MLF. Occasional lees stirring. 12 weeks in oak.
Bottled July 2022.
Longview Vineyard
Vineyard: Owned and farmed by Peter and Mark Saturno with vineyard manager Chris Mein
Location: Macclesfield - Peramangk Country – Adelaide Hills
Elevation: 300 to 320m
Aspect: South facing steep slope
Planted: 2011
Clones: Iby, HHW1, HHW2
Map: -35.192097, 138.821556
Soil: Rocky, scattered with ironstone and quartz.
Fine silt and sandy loam topsoil, dense clay and loam subsoil