Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Te Kahu 2023 (750ml) La Mancha

Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Te Kahu 2023 (750ml) La ManchaThe fruit for Te Kahu is grown in the Hawkes Bay Gimblett Gravels Vineyard, which has one of the warmest, driest, most sundrenched climates in New Zealand. Stony gravel in the soil forces the vines to fight for water, giving the grapes a particular vibrancy. Fruit is hand harvested and destemmed before undergoing fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The wine is matured in oak barriques before bottling.

thyme and jarilla are all present on the nose

It displays an orange rind

and flawless balance

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc has a nose of white peaches

POINTS OF DISTINCTION

meaning that they age well

they follow strict green harvesting (removal of immature bunches) and plant only on south-

A wine of great longevity

creamy and ripe tannins and a flavorful finish

12% Cabernet Sauvignon

and at 40 acres in vine represents an above-average estate of its own in this region

Still quite a lean wine