The Winery Craiglee of Sunbury of Victoria

Winery Craiglee - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Sunbury in the region of Victoria

The Winery Craiglee is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Sunbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Craiglee wines

Looking for the best Winery Craiglee wines in Sunbury among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Craiglee wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Craiglee wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Craiglee

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Craiglee

How Winery Craiglee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, lamb colombo or turkey stuffed with chestnuts.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Craiglee

On the nose the red wine of Winery Craiglee. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Craiglee. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Craiglee

  • 2011With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.14/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Craiglee.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Sunbury

The wine region of Sunbury is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Craiglee or the Domaine Craiglee produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sunbury are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sunbury often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

In the mouth of Sunbury is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 13 estates and châteaux in the of Sunbury, producing 35 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sunbury go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Craiglee

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Craiglee

How Winery Craiglee wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of simmered pork cheeks with cream sauce and dijon mustard, gratin of ravioli with salmon or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Craiglee

On the nose the white wine of Winery Craiglee. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Craiglee. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Craiglee

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Craiglee.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Craiglee

Planning a wine route in the of Sunbury? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Craiglee.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Craiglee and wines from the region

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Top Australian winery Giant Steps gets new head winemaker

Australia’s Giant Steps said that Melanie Chester joined the winery as head of winemaking and viticulture on 25 November. It marks a new chapter for one of the leading wineries in Yarra Valley, Victoria. Steve Flamsteed, who joined Giant Steps as chief winemaker in 2003, will step back from the cellar – although he is expected to continue working closely with the team. Working alongside winery founder Phil Sexton, Flamsteed has played a major role in developing Giant Steps’ reputation for excell ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

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