We aim to have all wines be vintage specific. In the case the listed vintage is out of stock and you note you would like that particular vintage, we will inform you via email for approval to go ahead.
World Wine – “Intense, powerful and extremely elegant chardonnay with ripe grapefruit, tree fruit, peach, saline, oyster-shell, hazelnut, baguette crust and nutty oak flavours. Youthful but certainly approachable and with obvious cellaring potential.” - Bob Campbell MW
About This Wine
It is the soils of the Gimblett Gravels Vineyard that impart a finely textured mineral quality into the finished wine, unique to Chardonnay produced from this region. Finely flavoured, complex, taut single vineyard Chardonnay.
Pale straw colour. A nose that talks to our house style; oyster shell, roasted cashews and orange zest. The palate is as powerful as it is everlasting. Brioche, white peach flesh and kaffir lime flavours are all present, but the sophistication and detail give the wine the X factor. No hair out of place with oak, fruit and acid perfectly balanced. The creamy yet lasting acidity ensures that the flavour within the wine continues long after it leaves the mouth. An increasingly iconic Chardonnay in the NZ landscape.
VARIETAL - Chardonnay
VINTAGE DETAIL - Warm and dry throughtout the entire growing season. Iconic
BRIX - 22.3 average
PRODUCTION LEVEL - 38 hl/ha average
HAND HARVESTED - 100%
WHOLE BUNCH - 100%
DESTEMMED - 0%
FERMENTATION VESSEL - French oak barriques
FERMENTATION - Indigenous
BARREL TYPE - French oak barriques
NEW BARREL - 33%
MATURATION - 10 months
FINING - Yes
FILTRATION - Yes – coarse filtration
BOTTLED - Jul 21
ALCOHOL - 13.3
RESIDUAL SUGAR - Nil
PH - 3.14
ACIDITY - 6.26 g/l
CELLARING - 25 years from vintage
Type | White Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Chardonnay |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Hawkes Bay |
Brand | Craggy Range |
Vintage | 2020 |
Wines of Hawke's Bay
The oldest wine producing region in New Zealand, Hawkes bay is located on the east coast of the North Island.
Hawkes bay is split into a few subregions, the most notable of these are Gimblett Gravels, Bridge Pa Triangle and Te Mata Special Character Zone. These subregions are known for producing some of the best reds in the country, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The top blends from these regions are on par with top level Bordeaux blends from around the world.
White wine is also produced in Hawke’s Bay, with Chardonnay in the lead in terms of volume with Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and Viogner following behind.