KAURNA + PERAMANGK COUNTRY – PICCADILLY VALLEY

95 points - Mike Bennie for Halliday Wine Companion :
”From the CRFT estate, certified organic vineyard, this is a single-vineyard, whole bunch and direct-pressed rosé wine. It is wild fermented and rested in barrel before bottling. Oh, and it's outstanding. A truly savoury, bone-dry, textural and compelling example of the rosé idiom, scented with potpourri, rosehip tea, almond and hazelnut. The palate is similarly set, quite distinctly nutty, gently spicy, a chew to texture and a blood orange riff in the bright finish, accompanied by a trail of briny minerality. Complex and very delicious. Proper stuff.“

The Wine
Bright and white with a slight copper hue that gives a subtle nod to the red Pinot Noir grape. Rose-water, orange blossom and guava light-up the nose! The palate has a mid-palate viscosity with flavours of musk lollies and a refreshing citrus finish.  
NASAA Certified Organic
Enjoy at release or drink/cellar until 2029+.

Winemaking
Made by Candice and Frew at the CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
Hand-picked on April 19, whole-bunch pressed to tank and transferred to oak the following day. Wild barrel fermented on full solids. 9 months in 100% French oak, 15% 1yo with the balance 2yo+ including a portion of older neutral oak. Full wild MLF and occasional lees stirring throughout maturation. 100% natural acidity. Unfined and lightly filtered. Vegan friendly.

Arranmore 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 on top off a breezy hill, it can feel relentlessly cold. When we drive out 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 site has been farmed organically since Frewin & Candice took ownership in January 2016. NASAA Certified Organic since February 2019.

Location: Kaurna + Peramangk Country, Carey Gully, ADL Hills
Elevation: 545 meters
Aspect: South-East facing
Clone: Pinot 115
Planted: 2000
Soil: Dark loam topsoil over clay subsoil, with shale and ironstone bedrock.

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