2023 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Te Muna Road Vineyard Martinborough

Bright, deep scarlet in colour, this wine is evocative of floral aromas of lavender and jasmine, with subtle notes of sweet spice.So elegant and poised, it is distinctively Te Muna. The palate is very fine and ethereal. The silk ladder tannins amalgamate withlittle resistance, giving incredible flow. This is a supremely elegant release.

A moderate spring led to a cooler ripening season defined by several large rain events. Picking and selection were critical.

BRIX : 22.2 average
PRODUCTION LEVEL : 26 hl/ha average
HAND HARVESTED : 100%

WHOLE BUNCH :0%
DESTEMMED :100%
FERMENTATION VESSEL :Open top stainless steel tanks and French oak cuves
FERMENTATION : Indigenous
NEW BARREL % : 21%
BARREL TYPE : French oak barriques
MATURATION : 10 months
FINING : Yes
FILTRATION : Yes
BOTTLED : Feb 2024

PH : 3.73
RESIDUAL SUGAR : Nil
ACIDITY : 5.4 g/l

Established in 1998, Craggy Range is a family-owned winery situated in the shadow of the spectacular Te Mata Peak in the premium wine-growing area of Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.  With an unrelenting focus on quality, Craggy Range produces a collection of iconic wines from their exceptional estates in Hawke’s Bay, Martinborough, and Marlborough.

When Craggy Range owners Terry and Mary Peabody first set out to start a winery with world class aspirations, their search quickly brought them to New Zealand. Looking down from Te Mata Peak onto the land where Craggy Range now stands, they were clear that they wanted to create a winery and an experience which truly evoked the unique landscapes and heritage of the region.

Taking an innovative position of pursuing a multi-regional approach to wine growing meant we didn’t have to compromise. After discovering the promise of New Zealand, the Peabody family focused on the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing district in Hawke’s Bay and Te Muna Road in Martinborough to produce a collection of wines that speak very much of their place.

We have an ambition to sit comfortably alongside the great wineries of the world. This ambition is underpinned by a focus on quality, evolution and custodianship, specifically around community and the environment. In 2020 we embarked on an ambitious biodiversity project which will see us plant more than 100ha of native trees within our Martinborough vineyards, improving the biodiversity and eventually the quality of our land.

To ensure a firm commitment, Terry Peabody honoured the original promise of leaving a legacy for the family still to come and established a 1000-year trust, meaning the winery can never be sold. What has followed in the last 20 or so years has been the development of an iconic New Zealand winery which has never lost sight of its sense of place, or its family ties.

Craggy Range produces a collection of iconic wines from multiple regions in New Zealand. Owner Terry Peabody and his family pursued the single vineyard approach to winemaking, planting on green fields and bare land ensuring a focus on quality from the very beginning.

New Zealand, with its diversity of soils types, offered the perfect location to plant the vines. From the stony, warm soils of the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke’s Bay to the volcanic, clay soils of Te Muna Road in Martinborough these exceptional vineyards produce wines with amazing aromatics, purity and complexity.

The wines, produced for the Prestige and Family Collections are pure expressions of the unique terroir in which they were grown.