Red Wine

This 2019 Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah wine has deep and dark with a purple hue. An overwhelming presence that suggests this Syrah wine will live to be iconic. The nose is flush with mulberry, violets, lavender and cocoa. The palate has suave, smooth and concentrated dark berries, presented in a very neatly articulated array of ripe, regal tannins. This Le Sol Syrah wine has a great depth and resolve. The 2018 Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah wine is perhaps the most confident, self-assured expression of Syrah to yet emerge from this benchmark producer. This is a stellar vintage of Craggy’s Range’s premium Hawkes Bay Syrah.

Le Sol (french: the soil) is born of the renowned Gimblett Gravels viticultural appellation with its gravelly soils attracting the sun in summer and insulating the vines in winter.

This Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah wine is best paired with Braised beef and strong blue-based cheese.

95 points James Suckling
95 points Wine Enthusiast
94 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

This 2020 Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Sophia wine has a deep dark red. The perfume is intoxicating with ripe blueberry overlaying cinnamon, brioche and a hint of leafy varietal lingering in the background. The palate sits upright and all-encompassing. The red wine tannins’s are long and silky, flavour concentrated and ripe, the finish endless the hallmarks of one of the great Sophia’s.

The 2020 Craggy Range Sophia wine has a refined and elegant hand-crafted Merlot dominant blend that represents both the vigneron’s art and an inherent understanding of the land, ensuring ‘Sophia’ is the finest expression of the terroir and the people. ‘Sophia’, meaning ‘wisdom’ in Greek mythology, pays tribute to the goddess of knowledge and experience, information and understanding – a philosophy adopted by our winemakers and viticulturists when crafting this wine.

The Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Syrah from Craggy Range is a fascinating red wine cuvée made from Merlot (62%), Cabernet Sauvignon (19%), Cabernet Franc (18%) and Petit Verdot (1%) and presented in the glass in a dark garnet red.

This dry red wine from New Zealand is a real treat with beef fillet with red wine sauce and potato stew, lamb carree with rosemary potatoes or with liver with steamed onions.

Wine Spectator: 90 points for 2013
Robert Parker: 93+ points for 2013
Stephan Tanzer: 91 points for 2013

This 2019 Craggy Range Gimblett Merlot wine has a deep ruby with crimson hue. This Merlot wine has a welcoming aroma of ripe plum and the scent of a winter Christmas kitchen. The Gimblett Merlot wine is exquisitely structured with sweet fruit supported by layers of fine tannin creating a taut yet luscious mouthfeel.

Our Gimblett Gravels Merlot is carefully selected from parcels of Merlot in our Gimblett Gravels Vineyard. The warm, gravelly soils are perfect for the production of Merlot and the moderate heat allows the wine to retain freshness and structure without showing over-ripe characters.

Awards:
2014 Vintage: Silver – New Zealand Wine of the Year
2010 Vintage: Commended – International Wine Challenge
2011 Vintage: Commended – International Wine Challenge
2011 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards

The 2020 Craggy Range Gimblett Syrah wine has a dark burgundy with a vibrant purple hue. Immediately the nose shows all the hallmarks of the variety on these soils. This Craggy Range Gimblett Syrah wine has a olive tapenade, mulberries, and spicy, gamey notes are all in abundance. The palate has prominent ripe tannins and an intensity that speaks to a warm vintage. Medium to full-bodied, the unique savoury and fruit balance is sure to entice all flavours of Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels.

With a terroir-focused approach, Craggy Range works with some of the best areas in New Zealand. The Gimblett Gravels vineyard in Hawkes Bay and the Te Muna Road vineyard in Martinborough.

The 2020 Craggy Range Gimblett Syrah is best paired with Roasted garlic and thyme lamb rack, squid ink linguine.

The 2020 Craggy Range Te Muna Pinot Noir wine has a vibrant red cherry with a crimson hue. This Pinot Noir wine is complex aromatic array of dark rose, plum, cherry, tree bark and wooden spices. Supple palate entry with attractive varietal red fruits and lovely tension from the fine tannin profile. The Craggy Range Te Muna Pinot Noir wine is a joyful wine full of charm.

The rocky terraces of the Te Muna vineyard, New Zealand offer a range of minerals in the soil, plus hot days and cool nights, adding to the complexity of the wine. This is a stand-out Pinot Noir wine, to be savoured slowly.

The Craggy Range Te Muna Pinot Noir wine is best paired with Pan seared and roasted duck leg, fresh pasta and sautueed mushroom risotto.

Awards:
2017 Vintage: Silver Medal – The TEXSOM International Wine Awards
2017 Vintage: Silver – San Francisco International Wine Competition
2015 Vintage: Gold – Decanter World Wine Awards
2014 Vintage: Bronze – New Zealand Wine of the Year
2014 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
2014 Vintage: Silver – International Wine Challenge

The 2021 Culemborg Cape Red wine has a bright ruby red in colour with aromas of summer berry fruits. Luscious, juicy red berries dominate the palate with a hint of spice on the finish. The Culemborg Cape Red wine is from Douglas Green Western Cape’s varied vineyards. With its soft supple texture and mouthfilling fruits, it will soon have you reaching for a second glass.

The 2022 De Gras Estate Merlot wine has a ruby red with purple notes. This Merlot wine has fresh blackberry and plum aromas with vanilla and cedar. Clean and attractive. This Chilean Red Wine has black fruit flavors, with nice freshness and balance. Ripe sweet tannins that give the wine a pleasant taste and a lingering finish.

The 2018 Delas Freres Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron wine has rounded, full-bodied, voluptuous, and impeccably balanced, it offers lots of spice, cured meats and black fruits, sweet tannin, and a great mid-palate. This French red wine has considerable elegance and purity, and is more sexy and approachable than the more structured Côte Rôtie La Landonne.

This Seigneur de Maugiron wine 2018 by Delas is made from vineyards located on the Côte Brune and the Côte Blonde. In the Middle Ages, the Lord of Maugiron shared his Cote-Rotie vineyard between his two daughters, one brunette and the other blond. It is from there that the names “Côte Brune” and “Côte Blonde” come. The Seigneur de Maugiron by Delas is 100% Syrah.

The Seigneur de Maugiron 2018 wine by Delas is ideally accompanied by meat, beef roasts, water game, truffles or even braised boar. For an optimal tasting, open the bottle 1 to 3 hours before tasting. It is advisable to decant the wine if the time of keeping in the cellar is more than 5 years.

93 points James Suckling
93 points Wine Spectator
90 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The 2014 Delas Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes wine is a stunning effort that exhibits blockbuster notes of toasted spice, leather, peppery herbs and sweet black and blue fruit. This Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes wine is powerful, concentrated and full-bodied effort that has lots of tannin, but more than enough fruit to handle it. The palate is seductive due to its firm structure combined with a silky feel, as well as its tight tannic structure, which guarantees great ageing potential.

This Domaine des Tourettes Hermitage by Delas is made from grapes from three terroirs Ermite, Sabot and Bessards located within the Hermitage region. This iconic appellation is known for its mainly south-facing vineyards as well as the variety of soils made up of granite soils covered with mica schists, gneiss and round alluvial pebbles.

The 2014 Delas Hermitage Domaine des Tourettes wine compliments red meats, game, marinated meats or spicy stews. For an ideal tasting, open the bottle 1 to 3 hours before tasting.

94 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
93 points Vinous
95 points International Wine Challenge

The 2021 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon wine by Di Giorgio Family has a herby, cassis aroma that is typical of Cabernet in this part of the world. In the mouth, there’s good concentration of sweet plum and black fruit flavours, with sweet spices and a fragrant vanilla and wood lift. This Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon wine has violet notes come through on the pleasant finish. A more elegant style of Cabernet Sauvignon that will match well with a variety of dishes.

This 2021 vintage saw moderate yields combined with a mild summer and consequently long, slow ripening season, perfect for Cabernet Sauvignon. This enabled us to produce wines of beautiful fruit with typical Coonawarra elegance and balance. The softening effect of traditional open top fermentation, and the maturity of the vineyards have given this wine great mouth feel. It is ready to consume now, though it’s Coonawarra pedigree suggests that it will drink well, if cellared in good conditions, for at least 8-10 years.

The 2021 Coonawarra Shiraz wine has a full bodied dry red wine. This Coonawarra Shiraz wine by the Di Giorgio Family has ripe raspberry and cracked pepper on the nose, with chocolate and spice on the palate finishing wiht smooth velvety tannins and toasty vanilla oak. Time in bottle will see even more complexity develop, with an increase in cedar and savoury characters. This best of vintage Shiraz from Coonawarra Estate is produced with grapes of extraordinarily high quality.

The Di Giorgio Wines is a small family owned & operated winery in the heart of Coonawarra. Their winery is the 2nd oldest in the region with vines planted as early as 1963 on prime, shallow Terra Rossa soil in their 13.5 hectare property. The Di Giorgio Family are 5th generation winemakers that trace their origins to the small town of Secinaro in Abbruzzo, Italy. Coonawarra is considered one of Australia’s best wine regions due to its regionally-specific terra rossa soil and gentle climate.

This Coonawarra Shiraz wine has been 18 Months in French and American oak, 35% first use, 65% second use.

The 2020 Lucindale Cabernet Sauvignon wine by the Di Giorgio Family has a deep ruby red color. This Lucindale Cabernet Sauvignon wine is a very regional depiction of Cabernet with its lifted currant, cassis and cedar aromas leading to a medium to full bodied palate with lots of dark fruit and cedary oak, long. This Lucindale Cabernet Sauvignon wine is showing rich ripe fruit character now but also the potential for cellaring through the presence of mature tannins and good acidity. This Australian Red Wine has a firm tannin length and terrific texture.

The product of an exceptional vintage, this wine is showing both approachable fruit character now and the potential for cellaring through the presence of mature tannins and good acidity. The Di Giorgio Family Wines Lucindale vineyard produces distinctive minty and eucalyptus characters in Cabernet Sauvignon and as the vineyard matures, excellent concentration and complexity.

The DiGiorgio Family Wines Lucindale vineyard produces distinctive minty and eucalypt characters in Cabernet Sauvignon and, as the vineyard matures, excellent concentration and complexity.

The 2019 Domaine de Compostelle wine is produced mainly from young vines which, after a rigorous and very strict selection at the time of blending, gives a remarkable second cru. This Domaine de Compostelle wine is a powerful nose, marked by notes of red fruits and cocoa, with a velvety evolution in the mouth. This Domaine de Compostelle wine has a round tannins, without aggressiveness.

This 2019 Domaine de Compostelle wine is an excellent second wine which, while retaining its ability to age, can be appreciated quickly after bottling.

The Double Bay Cabernet Merlot has a medium red with light purple hues color. This wine is a spicy and fruit driven. Medium bodied with delicated plum berry fruit flavours and a well round structure.

The 2022 Douglas Green Cabernet Sauvignon wine has a deep ruby with a bright edge color. This Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa has an intense dark berries and black currant aromas with attractive gentle smoky oak notes. This Douglas Green Cabernet Sauvignon wine has a succulent medium bodied entry with delicious winterberry flavours supported by well defined ripe tannins for a softly textured juicy finish that lingers.

A supple Douglas Green Cabernet Sauvignon wine with vibrant fruit and soft tannins allowing for easy drinking on its own or with your favourite sizzling steak, meaty roasts with rich gravy, hearty stews or tomato based Italian food.

The 2022 Douglas Green Merlot wine has a bright crimson heart with deep ruby rim. Lashings of crushed summer berries and fleshy plum aromas with supple, succulent, generous ripe berry favours brushed with soft oak spice to a sleek juicy fruit finish. This Merlot wine from South Africa is smooth and a easy drinking red blend with ample juicy fruit flavours that slips down easily on its own.

Enjoy the Douglas Green Merlot wine around the fire at barbeques or with pizza and pasta, burgers and ribs.