Craven Mixed Case Vintage 2025

Craven Grenache 2025 (94 points CE) is the second vintage from a Vlottenburg vineyard planted in 2016. Flowers, herbs, red and black berries, white pepper. Punchy acidity, grippy tannins, poised and detailed, tightly wound, long on the finish. Eedes calls it "a marked step up on the maiden 2024." Eight months in concrete. 12.25% alcohol.

Karibib Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2025 comes from a 1981 planting in Polkadraai Hills.

Quince, peach, yellow apple, a faint earthy note. Good weight and texture, well-integrated acidity, a pleasing piquancy on the finish. Nine months in concrete. 12.64% alcohol.

Craven Chardonnay 2025 from Polkadraai Hills is all pear, citrus, and vivacious acidity.

Eight months in concrete yields good clarity and flavour intensity without excess. At just 11.88% alcohol, it's elegant, precise, and gently savoury on the finish.

"Everything comes together beautifully in this vintage” Eedes wrote, awarding it 97 points—the highest score in the Craven portfolio to date.

Violets, lavender, a whisper of fynbos, black berries, and pepper on the nose. Dense fruit, fresh acidity, powdery tannins packed tight. Succulent, vital, emphatically dry on the finish. It's 100% whole-bunch fermented in stainless steel, then matured for 10 months in concrete tanks. At 13.34% alcohol, it's restrained but brimming with intensity. This is Devon Valley Syrah at its most compelling—precision married to serious concentration.

Craven Cinsaut 2025 from Firgrove is all floral perfume and cherry on the nose, juicy and rounded on the palate with bright acidity and powdery tannins. Six months in concrete. Plenty of open, easy charm at 12.01% alcohol.

Craven Pinot Gris 2025 underwent six days of skin contact and six months in concrete.

Strawberry, red apple, pomegranate, potpourri, spice. Concentrated fruit, lively acidity, a slightly pithy, saline finish. Vivid and full of flavour at 12% alcohol.