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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2020
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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2020
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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2020 is a New Zealand red wine from Martinborough, grown at the Te Muna Road Vineyard. Within the Craggy Range portfolio, Aroha sits in the Prestige Collection and is made from selected Pinot Noir parcels on the estate-owned vineyard. The name Aroha means love in te reo Mori, a fitting name for a wine built around careful parcel selection and a strong sense of place.
The fruit comes from higher, older terraces with a narrow layer of clay over stony soils. For the 2020 release, the Pinot Noir vines were more than twenty years old. The season began wet up to Christmas, followed by a dry and warm ripening period, with all grapes hand-picked between 20 and 24 March.
In the cellar, Craggy Range used 70% whole bunches and 30% destemmed (…)Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2021
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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2021
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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2021 is a dry red wine from Martinborough, New Zealand, grown in the Te Muna Road Vineyard. As part of Craggy Range's Prestige Collection, Aroha is built around selected Pinot Noir parcels from the estate, with a clear focus on tannin quality, length and a measured balance between power and refinement.
The 2021 vintage gained its concentration from low yields. A cold, wet spring reduced the crop, followed by a warm summer that pushed ripening forward. The fruit was entirely hand-harvested, drawn from carefully chosen Pinot Noir blocks, including sites with a narrow layer of clay over stony soils.
In the winery, the detail continues: 32% whole bunches, indigenous yeasts, fermentation in open stainless steel tanks and French oak (…)
