2011 Aroha, Craggy Range, Martinborough

2011 Aroha, Craggy Range, Martinborough

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From the 2011 Aroha Pinot Noir a change of fruit was made for the selection for this label with an emphasis on the Abel clone and some Dijon Clone 667. The winemaking was also altered slightly to include more stems from 2011. The differences really do seem to show in this impressive first vintage. Medium ruby colored with a hint of purple, it has a nose of red plums, kirsch and red currant jelly with a waft of tree bark. The palate reveals great concentration and structure with a core of red berry flavors complimented with earthiness and framed by grainy tannins, finishing with great persistence. Readers should note that no 2010 Aroha was made.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 02/01/2015

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From the 2011 Aroha Pinot Noir a change of fruit was made for the selection for this label with an emphasis on the Abel clone and some Dijon Clone 667. The winemaking was also altered slightly to include more stems from 2011. The differences really do seem to show in this impressive first vintage. Medium ruby colored with a hint of purple, it has a nose of red plums, kirsch and red currant jelly with a waft of tree bark. The palate reveals great concentration and structure with a core of red berry flavors complimented with earthiness and framed by grainy tannins, finishing with great persistence. Readers should note that no 2010 Aroha was made.
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About this WINE

Craggy Range

Craggy Range

Craggy Range began its life in 1993 when wife and daughter of Terry Peabody persuaded him to start a wine business, the rule being it must always stay in the family, passed down generation to generation. Terry travelled to France, America and Australia in search of a winery that encompassed the family’s interest in a clean, green way of life.

He settled on Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay on the east coast of New Zealand, as this area had the perfect growing conditions for his favourite wines; the Bordeaux reds, particularly Syrah.  Another was The Tuki Tuki valley, which had excellent soil for growing Chardonnay.

With help from noted Kiwi viticulturist and friend, Steve Smith, the business has grown substantially, and is the most technically advanced ever built in New Zealand. It is known for its uncompromising standards and precise craftsmanship.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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