Description / Reviews
// Cabernet Franc (91%) and Shiraz (9%)
"The mild 2021 vintage conditions provided the perfect framework to produce high quality fruit for our Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Franc. We added a minimal 9% Shiraz to the final blend in order to lift the middle palate, and the result is a very classic Cabernet Franc wine with floral aromas and very fine Shiraz black fruit on the mid palate." - Winemaker Notes
"This is 91% cabernet franc and 9% shiraz matured in old French oak barriques and foudres for 14 months. Red fig, black cherry and rhubarb. Pink peppercorn, damson plum and cinnamon. Oak inserts itself with a cocoa nib bitterness and espresso crema. This is a bit of an enigmatic wine with a filigree of fine but weighty tannins and a mix of sour red fruits and exotic spice. A wine with detail and complexity and of superb value. Drink by 2030." - 95 Points, Shanteh Wale, Halliday Wine Companion
"Red fruit, rosewater, a little mint chocolate, light nutty oak. It’s medium-bodied, red fruit and some darker berries, hazelnut, a fresh feel to it, with well-settled acidity, fine chalky tannin grip, and a finish of excellent length. All just so. Beautifully made, and lovely to drink. Drink 2023 - 2031+" - 94 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
