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Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2020
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Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2020
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Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2020 is a red wine from Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, more precisely from Gimblett Gravels. The name Le Sol means the soil, and that meaning matters here: the wine comes from the stoniest parcels of Craggy Range's own Gimblett Gravels Estate.
Made from 100% Syrah, the 2020 vintage was hand-harvested in April after a warm, dry season. Craggy Range used indigenous yeasts, a significant proportion of whole bunches, and 17 months of maturation in French oak barriques, part of them new. The result is a Syrah shaped by fruit depth, savoury spice and the firm, stony structure associated with its origin.
At Drankenshop Broekmans, this is the kind of bottle we like to place in front of customers who are curious about serious New Zealand Syrah. (…)Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2021
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Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2021
In stock
Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 2021 is a red wine from Hawke's Bay in New Zealand, grown in the Gimblett Gravels vineyard. The name Le Sol means the soil, and in this case that detail matters: the Syrah comes from especially stony parcels, where free-draining gravels absorb warmth during the day and help the grapes ripen.
The 2021 vintage gave Craggy Range a very warm spring, a mild summer, few rainy days and low yields. The wine is made from 100% hand-harvested Syrah, fermented with indigenous yeasts, with part whole-bunch and part destemmed fruit. It then spent 17 months in French and Austrian oak barriques and puncheons, with a measured proportion of new oak.
At Drankenshop Broekmans, this is the kind of bottle we like to point out when someone wants to see how (…)
