Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir 2020

Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir 2020The Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir comes from selected blocks on the ancient stony soils of its Te Muna Vineyard and other blocks within the Martinborough region. In the wonderful 2020 vineyard, hailed by many as 'the vintage of the century', Craggy Range has produced a fragrant, stylish, fruit driven Pinot Noir with a beautiful velvet texture. "Dark burgundy in color with an ever so slight purple hue. Distinctly pinot noir on the nose with

imparted by the Sant'Agata Fossil Marl

It's sleek and understated

On the palate - equally complex with textures capturing and amplifying the core of site with flowers then minerality with a seam of soil

in quality terms

"The 2021 is creamy

lashings of coconut and dark plum at first sniff

The predominant Chardonnay clones are GinGin and Mendoza which produce hens and chickens (large and small grapes on the same bunch)

the 2012 will further develop in the cellar to a more savoury

riper stems and more concentrated flavors

etched with feathery detail

a powdery texture

"This purely Barossa Valley driven shiraz was developed in the late 1990s to offer a contrast Grange when it comes to big-gun Penfolds shiraz