CARDINAL DISTRIBUTING
CRAGGY RANGE SAUVIGNON BLANC
Grown on the lower terrace at Te Muna Road, this wine shows a unique level of texture and complexity. The cooler climate of Martinborough ensures the wine is aromatic with steely minerality while the rocky soils gives intensity of the fruit.
TASTING NOTES, ETC
Pale lemon straw. Ripe Sauvignon Blanc aromatics with notes of white stone fruit, passionfruit pulp and kaffir lime. The palate is alive with flavour, deep in concentration but with distinct saline acidity arriving at a wine that has both presence and drinkability.
Food Match
Bluff oysters, ceviche kingfish, Thai street food
Recommended Cellaring
1 to 4 years from vintage
Vintage Detail
Warm and windy till Christmas. Dry and warm throughout the ripening period.
Brix
22 average
Production Level
68 hl/ha average
Whole Bunch
15%
Destemmed
85%
Fermentation Vessel
Stainless steel tanks, French oak cuves and French oak barriques
Fermentation
Inoculated and indigenous