2020 Craggy Range Sophia

Highly Rated
Sophia is the pinnacle Bordeaux blend from NZ legends Craggy Range.

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Description

This is the top of the mountain in Craggy Range land, their finest Bordeaux Blend from the very best fruit harvested from the famous Gimblett Gravels vineyard.

It's a wine of incredible power and prestige, comparable with any of the top wines in this style from the 'New-World'.

The thing that sets Sophia apart is the smooth, luxurious palate derived from insane attention to detail in the winery. Sophia has its own room in the Craggy Range underground cellar. An entire room purpose built for crafting this wine. In classic Craggy Range style, no stone is left unturned when in pursuit of excellence.

97 Points
"A blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon grown in the Gimblett Gravels subregion. Intense, rich and complex wine with cassis, blackberry, dark chocolate, cedar, liquorice and spicy oak flavours supported by firm, ripe tannins. A serious red that promises to reward careful cellaring."
- Bob Campbell (The Real Review)

A refined and elegant hand-crafted merlot dominant blend that represents both the vigneron's art and 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 creating this wine.

97 Points - "A blend of merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon grown in the Gimblett Gravels subregion. Intense, rich and complex wine with cassis, blackberry, dark chocolate, cedar, liquorice and spicy oak flavours supported by firm, ripe tannins. A serious red that promises to reward careful cellaring." - Bob Campbell (The Real Review)

95 Points - "Full steam ahead for Julian Grounds. Edging these once were very architectural, spit shined and square wines into a more complex, expressive paradigm, and better for it. Merlot led, cabernet francs and sauvignons support acts.

Pure, fine boned and rippling with muscular tension, yet energetic, fresh, super in its filigree and tannin characters and yet with this quiet wild streak, a herbal lift, a flair of spice and inherent vibrancy. Succulent in texture, gravelly yet soft and building chew along those flowing, lacy lines of tannin. Purple splashes of fruitiness and sweet spice to finish. So delicious and yet so immediately appealing and yet so serious. A coup." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

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