2025 CRFT K1 Gruner Veltliner

Charismatic Gruner Veltliner from an impressive Adelaide Hills artisan..
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Candice and Frewin from CRFT have a particular fascination with Gruner Veltliner, and are probably the first Australian producer to explore 'sub-regionality' with the variety.

This comes from Geoff Hardy's famed K1 Vineyard in the Adelaide Hills, and is a wonderfully pure and pristine expression of Gruner. It's early-picked and definitely a wine driven by acid and refreshment rather than overt flavour. Aside from a small amount of lees contact to add texture, the focus here is on clean and pure fruit.

As always with CRFT's wines, there is precious little added and it is vegan-friendly. Gruner is a grape excelling in the Adelaide Hills, and no one executes it with more thought and care than CRFT. Give it a go!

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  • KA
    Kym A.
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    8 months ago
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    2024 CRFT The K1 Gruner Veltliner
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Consistently good Gruner

    Crft gruner is a crisp and fresh, very well balanced wine. For me it has zesty citrus flavours and lively herbaceous aroma. A great Gruber at a very reasonable price.

About the wine
The colour is pale and bright with a vibrant green hue, as the bottle suggests!Lifted and fragrant with white pear and quince with hints of warm spice with fresh ginger and a pop of star anise. The slatey minerality is reminiscent of the cool slopes of Kuitpo. The palate is textural and giving, showing crunchy acidity with a lingering white nectarine and stone fruit finish. 13% alc/vol

Cellaring
Enjoy at release or drink/cellar until 2030+.

Winemaking
Made by Candice and Frew at the CRFT winery in Carey Gully. Whole-bunch pressed to tank then transferred to older seasoned (neutral) French barriques for barrel fermentation on full solids. 100% wild yeast ferment. Partial wild MLF and regular lees stirring. Approx. 2 months in barrel. Vegan friendly.

K1 Vineyard
Grape vines in their youth battle for their place on the earth. Water, soil and sun is hotly contested until they each establish their territory. Young vines can often be overly ambitious and unbalanced, but as they come of age, their canopies fill out, bunches become consistent and vineyard characters become more distinct.

The K1 vineyard is home to one of the oldest plantings of Gruner in the country, and whilst 2008 may seem recent, these are old vines in an Australian Gruner context.

Vineyard: Owned and farmed by Geoff Hardy
Location: Kaurna + Peramangk Country – Kuitpo – Adelaide Hills
Elevation: 300 to 320m
Aspect: North West facing
Planted: 2008 (grafted)
Clone: Elite
Soil: Rocky, flinty ground with ironstone and sandstone, and orange clay loam.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Light Bodied
Variety Gruner Veltliner
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature Vegan
Women in Wine
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure Screw Cap

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