Craggy Range
Te Muna Sauvignon Blanc
VINTAGE
2020
COUNTRY
New Zealand
REGION
Martinborough
TABLE #
116
92
Offers incredible depth and complexity, with fleshy notes of ripe Crenshaw melon, apricot and pineapple mingling with accents of candied ginger and lemon verbena on the finish, showing a touch of dried fennel. Drink now. 40,000 cases made, 31,500 cases imported. — MW
Founded in 1997, Craggy Range exclusively crafts single-vineyard, terroir-driven wines and is a benchmark ambassador for the high quality of New Zealand’s wines. The grapes are partially hand harvested from the estate-owned Te Muna Road Vineyard. 85% of the grapes are destemmed before fermentation in stainless steel tanks and oak barriques using partial wild yeasts. The wine ages on its lees for 5 months in old and new French oak barrels before being fined, filtered and bottled.
100% Sauvignon Blanc
5 months in stainless steel
The 2020 vintage is expected to be one of the greatest vintages of all time in New Zealand. The season started out warm and windy until Christmas. It then transitioned to warm and dry throughout the ripening period resulting in grapes with perfect sugar-acid, balance and great concentration.
In appearance, it’s pale yellow, straw color. On the nose there are ripe Sauvignon Blanc aromatics with notes of white stone fruit, passion fruit pulp, and kaffir lime. The palate is lively with deep concentration and salinic acidity.
This wine will pair well with aperitifs, seafood and poultry.
