Description

The Craggy Range Le Sol (French: the soil) Syrah is born of the renowned Gimblett Gravels viticultural appellation of Hawkes Bay, with its gravelly soils attracting the sun in summer and insulating the vines in winter. The vines are planted in the stoniest parts of the vineyard to a heritage clone of Syrah brought to New Zealand in the 1840s. The Syrah grapes were all hand harvested and meticulously sorted. Fermentation took place in open top French oak vats and maturation lasted for 17 months in a combination of French and Austrian oak barriques and puncheons, of which 32% were new. The Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah is always aromatically pure. Abundant sweet aromas of boysenberry and blueberry aromas lead to a beautifully structured palate, with seamless tannins and wonderful fruit intensity. [#intro]Aromatically pure with a luscious yet elegant mid-palate & a distinctive fine tannin finish…[/intro]