Krondorf takes its name from a Barossa hamlet founded in 1847 by Silesian settlers, whose name means 'Crown Village' in German. As the South Australian wine industry grew, Krondorf became one of the valley's most important settlements, home to families such as the Lehmanns, Nitschkes and Henschkes. The Falkenberg family also began making wine there, in a hay barn on Krondorf Road.
The Krondorf label itself was created during the Barossa's red wine boom of the 1960s and 1970s, when a group of young winemakers, led at first by Grant Burge, made bold and acclaimed wines. Its greatest moment came in 1980, when the Krondorf Cabernet Sauvignon 1979 won the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show.
Today, under chief winemaker Tim Heath, Krondorf focuses on old vines and small-batch winemaking to show the best of the Barossa regional style, with ranges including the Winemaker Release and Vineyard Series.
Regions
Wines
- Dorrien Estate Grenache Blends Krondorf Bowen & Schiller The Growers Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre — Red
- Dorrien Estate Grenache Krondorf Founder's View — Red
- Dorrien Estate Grenache Krondorf Stone Altar Old Vine — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondforf Founders View Barossa Grenache — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Barossa Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Barossa Valley Merlot — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Founders View Barossa Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Founders View Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Bowen & Bowen Barossa Grenache Rose — Rosé
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Bowen Schulz Barossa Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Heidenreich & Rohrlach Barossa Valley Chardonnay — White
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Kalleske & Heidenreich Barossa Valley Shiraz Viognier — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Kleinig and Heidenreich Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Miles & Crook Eden Valley Chardonnay — White
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Growers Schulz & Scalzi Barossa Valley Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Old Salem Barossa Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Symmetry Barossa Shiraz — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Symmetry Chardonnay — White
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf Symmetry Eden Valley Chardonnay — White
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf The Growers Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf The Growers Bowen Scalzi Barossa Valley Merlot — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf The Growers Miles & Koch Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Dorrien Estate Krondorf The Growers Rohrlach and Bowen Barossa Grenache Rose — Rosé
- Dorrien Estate Shiraz Krondorf Single Site Marananga — Red
- Krondorf Cabernet Sauvignon Kingship — Red
- Krondorf Chardonnay Founders View — White
- Krondorf Founders View Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Krondorf Founders View Shiraz — Red
- Krondorf Grenache Founder's View — Red
- Krondorf Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre Single Site GSM — Red
- Krondorf Grenache Stone Altar Old Vine — Red
- Krondorf Old Salem Shiraz — Red
- Krondorf Riesling Single Site — White
- Krondorf Shiraz 121 Settlers — Red
- Krondorf Shiraz King's Mantle — Red
- Krondorf Shiraz Single Site Moculta — Red
- Krondorf Shiraz Stone Altar Old Vine — Red