2024 Chardonnay, Kidnappers Vineyard, Craggy Range
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
The evocatively named Kidnapper’s Chardonnay takes its name from Hawke’s Bay’s dramatic headland of Cape Kidnappers. It is made with grapes grown at Te Awanga, where the cool coastal breezes enhance Chardonnay’s acidity and fresh flavours, translating here to a medium-bodied, crisp style with ripe peach aromas and complex layered aromas of cedar and spice. This is Craggy Range’s answer to Chardonnay from Chablis.
Whats in the bottle
Chardonnay 100%
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Established in 1998, Craggy Range is a family-owned winery situated in the shadows of the spectacular Te Mata Peak in Hawke’s Bay. With an unrelenting focus on quality, Craggy Range produces a collection of iconic wines from their estate vineyards in Hawke’s Bay, Martinborough, and Marlborough. When owners Terry and Mary Peabody first set out to start a winery, they looked down from Te Mata Peak onto the land where Craggy Range now stands, and they were clear that they wanted to create wines which truly evoked the unique landscapes and heritage of the region. Since then, Craggy Range has developed into an iconic New Zealand winery which has never lost sight of its sense of place, or its family ties. Heavily invested in social and environmental sustainability, they are certified by SWNZ and have created initiatives such as the Children’s Christmas Foundation.
The grapes for this wine were 100% whole-bunch pressed and fermented with selected yeasts in a combination of French and Austrian puncheons, foudres, and stainless-steel tanks. The wine underwent partial malolactic conversion, before being aged in oak barriques for 16 months, 18% of which were new.
Country
New Zealand
Producer
Craggy Range
Grape
Chardonnay
Vintage
2023
Types
White Wine
Alcohol by Volume
12.5%
Size
750ml
Region
Hawkes Bay
2024 Chardonnay, Kidnappers Vineyard, Craggy Range
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