2019 Craggy Range Le Sol Syrah 750ml

Stored in warehouse cellar. Pickup at Sip & Cellars by appointment only. Please contact Jessica at 0481 986 158 at least one day in advance to arrange collection. Cheers!

Critic tasting note: “Craggy’s premium Syrah is a lucid, complete bottling with plenty of cellaring potential. It opens with baked cherry and currant fruit, sage, cracked pepper, licorice and tar, with a spine of chocolaty oak. There is power on the palate, framed in savory, powdery tannins amid the fresh fruit and pepper flavors. Drink through 2036. Christina Pickard” – 93/100, Wine Enthusiast

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. The vines are planted in the stoniest parts of the vineyard to a heritage clone of Syrah brought to New Zealand in the 1840s. Intensively hand managed, the grapes reveal a deep dark Syrah with purple hues. Le Sol is always aromatically pure with a luscious yet elegant mid-palate and a distinctive fine tannin finish.