Craggy Range Te Kahu Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2020
Product.Nr. 2303
Te Kahu means 'the cloak' in te reo Maori and refers to the mist that envelops Craggy Range Winery in the Tukituki Valley. Legend has it that this mist was used to protect a mythical Maori maiden from the sun as she visited her lover Te Mata. This is a wine of richness and an abundance of black fruit flavours and a long structured finish.
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Craggy Range Te Kahu Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2020
Reviews
James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 94/100. Inviting aromas of sliced plums, black cherries, graphite and lead pencil. Medium- to full-bodied with silky, structured tannins. Linear on the palate, with crushed stone minerality giving definition and freshness to the black fruit. Vibrant and bright. This can age but is already so attractive now. Drink or hold.
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023: Silber & 94/100. Inviting blueberry, plum, cedar and clove with a beautiful purity running throughout. Textured and velvety with a lively acidity.
Tasting Note:
Brooding aromatically with notes of cassis, plum, lead pencil, nutmeg and dried tobacco enveloping a dense core of dark fruits. The wine has a lovely focus on the palate with dark fruits framed by fine tannins to deliver a classical structure with an excellent future ahead.
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Additional information
Type: Red wine from New Zealand
Varietals: 69% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 4% Malbec and 4% Petit Verdot.
Food match: Braised lamb.
Vineyard: Gimblett Gravels Vineyard, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.Winemaking: The grapes were 100% destemmed and fermented in closed steel tanks. The wine then matured for 17 months in French oak barriques (228 litres). 20% new and 80% used barriques were used. The Craggy Range Te Kahu 2020 is a red wine with a complex variety of flavours. It combines the freshness and fruit flavours obtained through steel tank fermentation with the spicy and woody notes created by ageing in French oak barriques. The use of both new and used barriques ensures a good balance between fruit and wood.
The name: Te Kahu means 'the cloak' in te reo Maori and refers to the mist that envelops Craggy Range Winery in the Tukituki Valley.
Alcohol: 14% vol
Total acidity: 5.86 g/l
Wine style: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: Contains sulphites, egg.
Cellaring potential: 2030+
Closure: Screwcap
Produced and bottled by: Craggy Range Vineyards Limited, Waimarama Rd., Havelock North, New Zealand.
Distributor: Weinkontor Freund GmbH, D- 33829 Borgholzhausen
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