2022 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Franc
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The Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2022 is the eighth vintage of our Cabernet Franc dominant wines.
The mild 2022 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.
This vineyard has been baptised the Crayères Vineyard, after the chalk cellars that are found throughout Xavier’s region of birth in Champagne, France. Similar natural structures are found underneath this very special vineyard, and they are now the subject of a research project led by a team from the University of Adelaide as they are full of undisturbed ancient fossilised remains.
The Crayères vineyard is located next to Tapanappa’s Whalebone Vineyard, at the top of a north-south limestone ridge in Wrattonbully, one of Australia’s most exciting regions. The Terra Rossa top-soil is characteristic of the area. This part of the vineyard was planted on rootstocks in 2008, using cuttings from the neighbouring Whalebone Vineyard and French clones, and at a relatively high density for the area (4,444 vines per hectare, similar to the density of vineyards in Saint Emilion). The fruiting wire is only 50cm above ground, which is why the local vignerons call the vines the “low vines”.
Read more about the Crayères Vineyard.
- “Serious – and seriously elegant” 95 points – Jeni Port | Wine Pilot
- “Built for years beyond now” 91 points – Erin Larkin | Wine Advocate
- “An impressive and delicious red wine.” 94 points – Mike Bennie | The Wine Front
- “A wine with solid grip, serious length and juicy acidity” 94 Points – Ken Gargett | Wine Pilot
- “Shiny, savoury edged black fruit with flyscreen tannins.” 93 points – Regan Drew | VinoNoteBook
- “Perfumed wine with a lofty touch” 93 Points – Shanteh Wale | Halliday Wine Companion
- “Very appealing” 4.5 Stars– Lester Jesberg | Winewise
- “Insane value and all class.” – Marc Malouf | Wine Worth Writing About
- “Built for the serious long haul” 93 Points – Angus Hughson | Wine Pilot
- “Poised and balanced” 95 Points – Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot
