The Founder's View range brings in the best of our grower fruit into these blends allowing flexibility in finding that ultimate blend. They are trusted partnerships with growers who we have worked with for years. We take grapes sourced from a range of vineyards, to enable us to build layers into the wine aiming for complex and complete wines. Nick crafts harmonious balance, drawing on each of the sites unique characters.
Deep red with purple hues. Blackberry and blackcurrant aromas with leafy notes. Concentrated varietal cassis flavours with hints of choc mint and forest floor. Fine structural tannins and spicy French oak support a strong core of expressive blackberry and blackcurrant fruit.
- Vintage
- 2022
- Grape variety breakdown
After harvesting, the individual parcels of fruit were vinified in small stainless steel fermenters. This enables careful extraction of the colour and flavour from the grapes during fermentation into the final wine. The gentle removal of soft natural tannin is carried out by “pumping over”, a process which involves pumping the fermenting grape juice over its own skins. This adds significant mouthfeel qualities to the final wine and will enable the wine to improve in the bottle over an extended period of time.
The resultant wines were pressed gently using the best pressing technology available. The pressings portion is added back to the final wine at blending time, allowing for development of this well-structured cabernet, attributes that the Barossa is world famous for. Maturation of the wine was carried out in new and second-use French oak hogsheads over a 15–18 month period in our cool cellars. Individual barrels were selected from the chosen parcels to form the final blend.
- Technical Details
- Alcohol: 14.5% | pH: | Acidity: | Volume: 750mls
- Maturation
15-18 months
- Background
The founders of Krondorf village farmed small plots, where vines grew among produce, orchards and livestock. In the 1890s, the Glenview winery was founded, which overlooked these little farms. This winery became the engine room of Krondorf wines. Honouring this history, this range of wines is a result of long-term partnerships with exceptional and often multi-generational Barossa growers. We also use parcels of fruit from our Rifle Range Road vineyard, which display vibrance and generosity.
- Cellaring potential
Drinks well now, or will reward cellaring
- Food Matching
Enjoy in good company with grilled meats or tomato-based dishes.
- Bouquet
Blackberry and blackcurrant aromas with leafy notes.
- Vineyard Notes
Rifle Range, Dorrien, Kalimna and Eden Valley drawing on the best of what we have from our growers to get concentration and richness to allow region and variety to shine through.
The growing season for vintage 2020 started dry and continued that way, with the lowest rainfall on record for the Barossa Valley weather station. There was also a combination of weather extremes from frost and cold nights through to hot weather during flowering season, which lead to a combination of smaller bunches and smaller berries during fruit development. A much needed temperature reprieve occurred during harvesting, enabling many vineyards to slowly ripen their grapes, allowing consistent and quality flavour development. Overall, a smaller vintage, with the total Barossa producing a limited fruit yield. However, despite what it lacked in volume, the overall grape quality was exceptional, with standouts in colour and flavour, particularly for Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache.
Other Krondorf Wines
Founder's View Chardonnay
Coronation Grand Tawny
