CAREY GULLY - PICCADILLY VALLEY - ADELAIDE HILLS

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The Wine
There is something about our vineyard. A spark. A prickle of static, something almost electric! The vineyard is dry-grown, and the roots need to go deep into the soil in search of water, touching the ironstone that lies deep below the vineyard.  
The wine is a bright, deep, dense red. The aromas of plums, musk lollies, and other sweet spices all pop in different directions as they hit your nose. There is a spark of flint, like two rocks impacting each other with great force. The palate is savoury, soft and smooth with a little tenseness, like ironstone being released from the glass. 
Certified Organic Wine – EU and Southern Cross Certified

Cellaring
Drink/cellar to 2031+

The Winemaking
Made by Candice and Frewin at the CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Hand-picked, then cold-soaked, followed by wild fermentation in an open-top tank with 25% whole bunch. Pressed to barrel once dry for wild malolactic fermentation and maturation on full lees. Occasional lees stirring. Matured for 10 months in 100% French oak, 15% new.
13.5% alc/vol. Vegan-friendly.

The Vineyard
If there is one reason why we tough out the cold climate at Arranmore, well, this vineyard is it! Being an East/South-facing slope atop a breezy hill, it can feel relentlessly cold. When we drive out of the driveway, it feels like anywhere in SA is warmer than us, and that's probably the truth.

Estate-owned, managed and farmed, the 5-acre Arranmore Vineyard has been farmed organically since Frewin & Candice took ownership in January 2016. Certified Organic since February 2019.

Location:      Carey Gully, Kaurna + Peramangk Country (ADL Hills)
Elevation:     550 meters
Aspect:        South-east-facing
Planted:       D5V12 planted in 1994; 115 planted in 2000.
Soil:          Dark loam topsoil over clay subsoil, with shale and ironstone bedrock.

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ALDGATE – PICCADILLY VALLEY – ADELAIDE HILLS

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About the wine
Yields at Fraser Park are an enigma. If you count the bunches, you would think it has a nice but light crop. But come harvest day, the buckets fill slowly. The small berries and bunches yield a very, very light crop. What is lacking in volume on the vine is made up for in the glass.  
The wine is dark and shines like a ruby, with a nose of dark plum, orange flower and violets. The palate is concentrated and rich with soft tannins. Flavours of blackberries and vanilla approach, followed by beetroot and caraway seeds.
Certified Organic Wine – EU and Southern Cross Certified.

Cellaring
Drink/cellar to 2031+.

Winemaking
Made by Candice and Frewin at the CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Hand-picked, then cold-soaked, followed by wild fermentation in an open-top tank with 25% whole bunch. Pressed to barrel once dry for wild malolactic fermentation and maturation on full lees. Occasional lees stirring. Matured for 10 months in 100% French oak, 20% new.
14% alc/vol. Vegan-friendly.

The Fraser Park Vineyard
Managed and organically farmed by Frew and Candice since mid-2021. Certified Organic from Feb 2023.

Nestled on the northern side of the Stirling and Aldgate townships, the harp-shaped vineyard is surrounded by native forest and the majestic gardens of Fraser Park homestead.

Being surrounded by trees makes it feel low, but it is one of the highest hills in the area. The birds in the area are savage, so early netting is a must.  

Vineyard:      Managed + farmed by Frew and Candice
Location:      Aldgate, Kaurna + Peramangk Country (ADL Hills)
Elevation:     500 meters
Aspect:        West-facing
Planted:       2005
Clone:         MV6
Soil:          Oxidised ironstone with gravel and clay

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CAREY GULLY – PICCADILLY VALLEY – ADELAIDE HILLS

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The Wine
The view from the Whisson Lake slope (Mt Carey) is expansive and impressive. The vines drink in a view of half the Adelaide Hills. Like the view, the wine has a lot going on. The more you look, the more you realise is there.

Deep, dark, and bright in the glass. Flinty and matchstick in the initial opening evolve into cherry ripe, anise, and all the red fruits on the nose. The palate is plush, slick with sour cherry notes that carry through to all the red fruits, with hints of yaki nori and dark olives.  The finish is mouth-filling and expansive.

Cellaring
Drink/cellar to 2031+.

The Winemaking
Made by Candice and Frewin at the CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Hand-picked, then cold-soaked, followed by wild fermentation in an open-top tank with 25% whole bunch. Pressed to barrel once dry for wild malolactic fermentation and maturation on full lees. Occasional lees stirring. Matured for 10 months in 100% French oak, 15% new.
14% alc/vol. Vegan-friendly.

Whisson Lake Vineyard
Owned and farmed by wife-and-husband duo Andrie and Mark Whisson.

The Whisson Lake vineyard is the first planting of Pinot Noir in the Adelaide Hills. Planted in 1980, it makes the vineyard officially ‘old vine’, not something you hear very often in the Adelaide Hills.

The vineyard commands an impressive east-facing slope and is the highest-altitude vineyard in South Australia. If we had a cru system in the Piccadilly Valley, the Whisson Lake Vineyard would be at the top of the list.

Location:      Kaurna + Peramangk Country - Carey Gully (Adelaide Hills)
Elevation:     610 meters
Aspect:        North-east facing
Planted:       1985
Clone:         D5V12
Soil:          Clay with schist and Gneiss

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