Craggy Range LE SOL Syrah Gimblett Gravels Hawke's Bay NZ
Where it's from:
New Zealand, Hawke's Bay
Price per case:
£396.66
Bottles per case:
12 x 75 cl
Style:
Powerful Reds
Description:
BRIEF TASTING NOTE Unique, heady, seductive wine with enormous complexity, extract and length. Great cellaring potential WINE NOTES Intense bright, deep black/purple colours, almost opaque. Heady aromas of black berry fruits, exotic spices and black pepper, along with complex dust and sweet blueberry aromas. The palate promises almost exactly the same and while again rich and heady, maintains and tightness of structure and fineness of tannin that is a hallmark of this style. The tannins feel coated in a sweet covering and acidity is beautifully integrated providing length and potential for longevity. (12 x 75 cl)
Region:
New Zealand, Hawke's Bay
Producer:
Craggy Range Vineyards Hawkes B
Product ID:
47502
CraggyRange SOPHIA Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: BRIEF TASTING NOTE Dense brooding concentrated red wine in a modern Bordeaux style. Great cellaring potential. WINE NOTES Intense brooding, deep black cherry colours, almost opaque. Concentrated, complex aromas of black plums, cassis, liquorice, root spices, tobacco, coffee and violets that in their youth are tightly held. The palate is densely structured, with concentrated flavours that reflect the nose adding a further hint of sweet blueberry pie and bitter chocolate notes with fantastic fine fruit and oak tannins to finish. The palate is tightly wrapped in its youth opening strongly in the glass, indicating a cellar life of ten years +. Sophia...means wisdom: an honourable description of a wine created with the knowledge of the Old World, and the passion and innovation of the New. Sophia is made from low-cropping Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines grown in our Gimblett Gravels Vineyard. Hand harvested, and fermented in small fermentation vessels for almost a month, this wine spends a year in new French oak barriques. The best barrels are then aged for a further six months in seasoned French oak. Sophia is a rich, seductive wine that entices the palate. Its subtle power is revealed with time, up to 10 years from vintage, in a wine of density, complexity and real beauty. A natural deposit may form over time as this wine is bottled unfiltered. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £321.41
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CraggyRange LES BEAUX CAILLOUX Chardonnay Gimlett Gravels NZ
Description: WINE NOTES In its youth the wine is pale straw/lemon in colour with complex aromas of ripe stonefruits, apples and preserved lemon complimented by roasted hazelnut and crème brulee notes. The palate is initially forward and lush, with stonefruit and sweet apple flavours melded with hints of oatmeal, fresh grains and fine French oak. The wine retains its typical bony texture to finish fine and long with just a hint of juicy fruit and acidity to finish. BRIEF TASTING NOTE A complex finely flavoured powerful Chardonnay with personality and persistence. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £321.28
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CraggyRange AVERY VINEYARD Sauvignon Blanc Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: BRIEF TASTING NOTE Classic gooseberry and stone fruits with a juicy dry finish. WINE NOTES In its youth the wine is pale straw in colour with bright lime green hints. Aromas are reserved and very tightly focused in its youth in the bright gooseberry/ sweet herb/white peach spectrum and in 2003 for the first time some red capsicum. I expect these to evolve and become more punchy over the next year in a classic ripe Marlborough style. The palate shows very similar characters and flavours which in their youth are vivid and alive. The wine is tightly structured, with a distinctive bony feel that gives the palate length and persistence. Our most powerful expression of this classy wine, that will evolve over two to three years in the bottle. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £183.19
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