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Craggy Range Sophia's(2002)
- Winery:
- Craggy Range Winery
- Varietal:
- Merlot Blend
- Region:
- New Zealand > Hawke's Bay > Gimblett Gravels
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- red grape, intense, tomato, fruiting and flowering vegetables, merlot, cabernet franc, acidic, mouthful, syrah, wine cocktails
- Jancis Robinson
- 16/20
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May 2008
- (Merlot/Cabernet Franc) Vegemite notes on the nose - not unpleasant. A bit malty too. Then tomato ketchup. Intense and intriguing on the nose. Very attractive sweet package with the acid a little dominant. Big mouthful! Very slight oak dominance becomes a bit too rasping on the finish. This is the lavish new producer about which I have written already which makes some great Syrah and is attempting a portfolio of top wines from all over New Zealand. I was much more impressed by this wine, and The Quarry below, from this extremely well-funded new producer when I tasted them last May in isolation.
