Craggy Range Sophia Gimblett Gravels

Craggy Range Sophia Gimblett Gravels 2022

£68.25

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Key info
CountryNew Zealand
RegionGimblett Gravels
GrapeCabernet Franc, Merlot
TypeRed
Vintage2022
Alcohol13% ABV
BodyFull
SweetnessDry
ComplexHerbalRefinedSupple
Pairs with — beef & red meat, game, hard cheese, lamb

The wine

Subtle notes of wild thyme and sage blend seamlessly with plum, fruit cake and brioche. The enticing mid-palate suppleness and sweetness lead to a delicious finish. One of the three Craggy Range icon wines.

Sophia is one of the three Craggy Range icon wines, a Merlot-led Bordeaux blend from the Gimblett Gravels named after a member of the family. Cabernet Franc makes up a substantial share, which is unusual and gives the wild thyme and sage notes; the variety brings perfume and freshness where Cabernet Sauvignon would bring more tannin.

The producer

Craggy Range Vineyards

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Craggy Range was established in 1998 by Terry and Mary Peabody with winemaker Steve Smith MW, and the founding idea was unusual for New Zealand at the time: build the estate around individual vineyards rather than regional blends, in the European manner.

That led them to two very different places. The Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay is a stretch of stony riverbed exposed when the Ngaruroro River changed course in an 1867 flood, worthless for farming but exceptional for vines; the stones radiate heat and drain hard, and it is the one place in New Zealand where Bordeaux varieties and Syrah ripen fully. Te Muna Road in Martinborough is the opposite: cool, windy and elevated, and suited to Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc.

The winery sits in the shadow of Te Mata Peak, and the icon wines take their names from what matters to the family: Le Sol for the soil, Sophia for a daughter, Aroha for the Maori word for love. All three rank among the finest wines made in the country.

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