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Each product in the Crown Range Signature Selection is as utterly distinctive as the individual artisan who made it.
We commission world-renowned master winemakers to craft wines from our designated parcels of land. Each bottle is signed by the wine-maker.
We warmly welcome and create collaboration between talented individuals who do one thing and do it well.
These become our Crown Range Cellar Signature Selection masters.
Patrick Leon
A Bordeaux native, Patrick Leon worked with Baron Phillipe de Rothschild for over two decades.
After years working with Château Lascombes, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Opus One and Almaviva to name a few, Patrick remains an esteemed consultant to the wine industry world-wide.
One of Patrick’s great loves is the wine of the Languedoc and working with Crown Range Cellar allowed him to put his name to this passion.
Patrick produces a limited run of 750 bottles of our Signature Selection Syrah every year.
Patrick Leon, Signature Selection, Syrah, 2013
On the nose - complex savoury and earthy aromas of truffle and black olives with a note of garrigues (sun-baked wild herbs) overlaid with dark fruits.
On the palate the wine provides a voluptuous combination of ripe blackcurrant fruit, cured meats, vanilla and smooth tannins.
Long and lingering finish.
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Robert M. Parker Jr.
93 points
An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
Bob Campbell
96 points
From grapes grown in Gibbston Valley. Pure, vibrant pinot noir with red cherry, subtle herb, raspberry, spice, anise and nutty oak flavours. It's an ethereal wine that delivers plenty of power with great subtlety. Very impressive pinot noir that's clearly been made with a light touch and a view to express a sense of place.
Michael Cooper
5 Stars
Grown at Gibbston and matured for a year in French oak casks (30 per cent new). A very refined and graceful red, it is ruby hued, with an enticingly scented bouquet. Mouthfilling and supple, with ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, fresh acidity and finely integrated oak, it's a very youthful, 'feminine' style of Pinot Noir, well worth cellaring to 2020+.
Sam Kim
97 Points
From the Gibbston Valley district, this glorious pinot exhibits dark fruit, smoked game, cocoa, cedar and violet aromas with a hint of dried herb complexity on the nose. The palate is concentrated and sumptuous, while remaining elegant and perfectly poised, delivering plenty of delicious fruit flavours together with seductive savoury nuances, finishing extremely long and velvety.
The wine offers refinement and sophistication with considerable depth of flavour.
Raymond Chan
5 Stars (19.5/20)
Very dark, deep, black-hued ruby-red colour with youthful purple hues, lighter on the edge.
This has an elegantly concentrated nose with a deep heat of ripe black cherry fruit, dark herbs and subtle notes of savoury whole bunch stalk fragrances, unfolding in volume an array of dark-red and violet florals, and subtle, nutty oak.
Medium-full bodied, the palate is elegantly presented with refined, but concentrated flavours of dark-red and black cherries, harmoniously melded with dark herb and whole bunch complexities.
The palate blossoms beautifully to reveal an array of florals and herbs, and the wine flows along a smooth, velvety line of very fine-grained flowery tannins, leading to an elegant, long and sustained finish.
This is a beautifully refined, elegant Pinot Noir with complex flavours of black fruits, herbs and whole bunch notes, lifted by a lovely array of florals on a velvety palate. Match with poultry and pork dishes over the next 7-9+ years.