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)
Region:
New Zealand, Hawke's Bay
Producer:
Craggy Range Vineyards
Product ID:
45268
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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CraggyRange TE MUNA ROAD VINEYARD Riesling Marlborough NZ
Description: Exhibits a pale lemon colour. In its youth the wine boasts a pure floral bouquet of citrus blossom, green apple and dried apricot. The texture is soft and flowing with granny smith apple and mandarin flavours underpinned by candied peel notes and a firm, mineral quality. Elegant and poised, this is a wine with a charming personality. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £183.19
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CraggyRange GLASNEVIN GRAVELS VINEYARD Riesling Marlborough NZ
Description: This vintage has created a unique expression of this vineyard, due to the long hang time on the vine. The grapes were hand harvested and whole bunch pressed, with the clear juice fermenting at very cool temperatures for more than four months. In its youth the wine shows aromas of lucerne hay, preserved lemon, ripe apple and complex mineral notes. The palate is rich and forward like but with a straw/apple/lemon zest character and a pure juicy mineral laden finish. Serious Riesling for serious Riesling lovers.
CraggyRange BLOCK 14 Syrah Gimblett Gravels Hawke's Bay NZ
Description: WINE NOTES Our Syrah is hand picked and hand sorted on a gentle sorting table. It is then destemmed without any Sulfur Dioxide and without a must pump, directly into open-top fermenters. Lengthy cold soaks on each batch are followed by an un-innoculated, cool fermentation. Extraction is carefully managed with delicate punchdown of the skins to avoid breaking the skins. Extended macerations are carried on for as long as possible, resulting in 20 to 30 day cuvaison. 100% French oak is used for elevage, with 35% of it new. Malolactic Fermentation is in barrel, and takes place the following Spring. The wine was bottled in December , unfined and unfiltered, as nature intended it. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £289.30
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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 LE SOL Syrah Gimblett Gravels Hawke's Bay NZ
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) Price: £396.66
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CraggyRange TE MUNA ROAD VINEYARD Sauvignon Blanc Martinborough NZ
Description: Pale straw with green hints. The aromas are of white peach, citrus and delicate tropical fruits. The mouth filling palate is awash with flavours of fresh gala apple, nectarine, lime and tropical notes. The flavours are underlined by fine supporting acidity and a chalky texture that leads into a very long, rich and clean lime and passion fruit finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £183.19
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CraggyRange TE MUNA ROAD VINEYARD Pinot Noir Martinborough NZ
Description: The colour is bold, moving into dusk-purple. The nose is a perfume of violets, black plums and smoked mushroom. Flavours of ripe cherry and black berry fruit flood the mouth, with forest floor and root spices. The palate is elegant and velvety, giving the wine a warming yet clean feel, carrying intense flavours into a seamless, lingering finish. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £317.63
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Concha y Toro MOUNTAIN RANGEMerlot Chile
Description: Concha y Toro MOUNTAIN RANGEMerlot Chile from Chile by Concha y Toro Soft & Supple Reds (12 x 75 cl) Price: £72.62
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Kleine Zalze CELLAR RANGEMerlot Stellenbosch RSA
Description: Kleine Zalze CELLAR RANGEMerlot Stellenbosch RSA from South Africa, Stellenbosch by Kleine Zalze Soft & Supple Reds (6 x 75 cl) Price: £48.08
