Barossa Valley, South Australia
Rated a 5 Star Winery by James Halliday.
Craneford Wines is located in Truro, on the northern hills of the beautiful Barossa Valley, South Australia. The winery was expanded in 2004, a bottling line was added guaranteeing all wine is made from start to finish on site, providing total control over the quality of the wine at all times.
Fruit sourced from their own various growers is treated as individual fruit parcels during the winemaking process. This ensures each wine is crafted to epitomize the best fruit of the vintage whilst continuing to express the unique characters of the each vineyard. Final blends are made with components decided only after each vineyards wine has been individually tasted and analysed to ensure it meets their highest expectations. All the wines produced show classic Barossa flavours, are complex and well balanced. Craneford’s aim is to continually produce the highest quality wine from the best Barossa fruit available.
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Red Door Shiraz Cabernet 2006 (RV)A lovely blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. A nose full of sweet forest fruit, spice, blackcurrant and a touch of leafiness. The palate is soft and delicate with cherry and blackcurrant, hints of spice and nutmeg. |
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Red Door Grenache Shiraz 2008 (RV)A lovely blend of Grenache and Shiraz. Both palate and nose full of cherry and blackcurrant fruit flavours. The palate is soft, round and delicate with hints of spice and nutmeg. |
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Private Selection Shiraz 2008 (RV)This Shiraz has a lovely brick red colour with touches of purple. Both the nose and palate are dominated by fruit flavours of luscious black forest fruits, plum and spice. The palate has great length and structure finishing with soft smooth tannins. An overall lovely fruit forward style shiraz with touches of oak. |
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Allyson Parsons Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2007/2008 (RV)A vibrant un-oaked Semillon Sauvignon Blanc with varietal characters of passion fruit and citrus dominating both the nose and palate. A well rounded and lingering finish creates a lovely summer wine. |
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Allyson Parsons Shiraz 2005 (RV)A mouthfilling full flavoured wine that has good length with integrated tannins. Well balanced with a spicy nose and lingering chocolate overtones. A wonderful example of a Barossa Shiraz. |
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Allyson Parsons Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (RV)The wine has an herbaceous yet earthy nose and aromas of mint & black fruit which combine with structured tannins, to create a complex fruit driven wine. |
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Unwooded Chardonnay 2008 (RV)Subtle straw yellow with a green hue. Melon with citrus dominating on the nose. On the palate, vibrant citrus flavours with hints of peaches and melon. Well balanced. |
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Viognier 2008 (RV)A well balanced wine with sweetness and acid. An outstanding array of sweet apricot blossom and violets fill the nose, while the palate exhibits characters of citrus and apricot which linger on. |
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GSM 2007 (RV)48% Grenache, 47% Shiraz, 5% Mourvedre. A GSM with roundness and length. A nose and palate dominated by cherry ripe, chocolate, and spice. An overall lovely GSM with full fruit flavour followed by a lengthy palate.
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Shiraz 2008 (RV)Garnet red with purple hue. A full bodied Shiraz with roundness and length. A nose and palate dominated by black currant, black cherry, spice and touch of toasty oak. An overall lovely Shiraz with chewy tannins and integrated oak. |
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Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (RV)The nose exhibits sweet fruit with touches of cloves and vanillin imparted from maturation in French oak barrels. Up-front ripe fruit flavour on the palate followed by structured grippy mouth coating tannins and a mocha chocolate finish. |
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Merlot 2005 (RV)A mouthfilling wine of style and elegance. Soft, fine grain tannins integrate with new French oak characters creating a palate full of red berry and plum characters and an earthy, spicy nose. Rich, fruit driven palate. |
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Merlot 2007 (RV)A full bodied Merlot with upfront fruit flavour. A nose and palate dominated by mulberry and cherries with spice. An overall lovely Merlot with dusty tannins, earthiness and integrated oak.
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