PICCADILLY VALLEY – ADELAIDE HILLS
95 points – Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion :
”Hand-picked and wild fermented in tank before transfer to oak on full solids (35% new) where it remained for seven months. Very fine, as much by virtue of its relaxed mid-weighted gait, as its tension. Yet this is tension imparted by an intuitive hand, an innate comprehension that any effete obsession with pH and the shrill acidity that it encourages is not befitting of this land. Toasted hazelnuts, apricot pith, curd and truffled cheese, not dissimilar to good meursault, as it once was. Long, nicely chewy and strident of confidence.”
The Wine
White pear and fresh apricot with notes of quince, ginger and citrus. It’s lively and intense with a textural round mid-pallet and hints of Basque cheese cake and fresh cracked macadamia nuts.
Drinking beautifully at release, it will continue to develop with bottle age and careful cellaring.
Enjoy now or drink/cellar to 2030+.
Super limited quantity available.
Suggested serving temperature 8-12C.
The Winemaking
Hand-made at CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Hand-picked on 25th March then whole-bunch pressed to tank.
Wild fermented in tank for a few days then transferred to oak for full solids, wild barrel ferment.
100% French oak, 35% new. Partial wild MLF with occasional lees stirring. 7 months in oak. 100% natural acidity. Unfined and lightly filtered.
Bottled 13th December 2022. Vegan friendly.
The Vineyard
The Blefari Vineyard is owned and farmed by our neighbours, Vince and Connie Blefari at Carey Gully in the Piccadilly Valley (Adelaide Hills).
The Blefari vineyard is situated directly across the road from our estate-owned vineyard ‘Arranmore’. It sits on the west facing slope of the Rangeview Drive ridge, with Arranmore sitting on the east facing side.
Elevation: 545 meters
Aspect: West facing
Planted: 1998
Soil: Heavy clay loam and quartz rock.