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Craggy Range Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc Martinborough New Zealand 2025 (1 case 6 bottles)

Craggy Range Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc Martinborough New Zealand 2025 (1 case 6 bottles)

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Vibrant, Aromatic, and Chiseled with Limestone Precision

The 2025 Craggy Range Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc is a beautifully expressive, high-toned white wine that highlights the cooler, more structural side of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Sourced from a unique, stony terrace in Martinborough, this vintage completely skips the overly sweet tropical fruits in favor of classic, chiseled elegance. It leaps from the glass with a brilliant, high-spirited nose of fresh lime zest, white peach, and green apple, woven together with notes of elderflower and crushed gravel. On the palate, it is light-to-medium-bodied and intensely mouth-watering, balancing its juicy orchard fruit with a racy line of limestone acidity and a long, chalky finish.
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Style Profile at a Glance

Attribute Profile Scale
Body Light-to-Medium, Crisp & Linear ●●●●●
Sweetness Bone-Dry ●●●●●
Acidity High, Precise & Chiseled ●●●●●
Fruit Fresh Lime, White Peach, Green Apple & Elderflower ●●●●●
Oak Barely Perceptible (Fermented mostly in stainless steel with a tiny fraction in neutral French oak) ●●●●●

Terroir & Winemaking Reality

  • The Stoniness of Te Muna Road: "Te Muna" means *secret place* in Māori, and this spectacular vineyard sits on an ancient, elevated stony terrace in Martinborough. Unlike the deep, fertile soils found elsewhere in New Zealand, this site is packed with old river gravels and limestone. This forces the vines to dig deep, resulting in low yields of fruit with remarkable structural precision and a distinct gravelly, mineral drive.
  • Craggy Range's Precise Craft: Known for their obsessive focus on single-vineyard terroir expression, the winemaking team manages the Te Muna site with extreme care. The fruit is handpicked in the cool early hours to protect its high-toned aromatics. The juice is fermented primarily in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to keep it exceptionally fresh, while a very small portion is fermented in older, neutral French oak barrels to build a subtly textured, smooth mid-palate texture without adding oak flavor.

Highlights

  • 100% Sauvignon Blanc sourced exclusively from the prestigious, limestone-inflected Te Muna Road vineyard in Martinborough.
  • A beautifully structural, dry white wine that trades tropical sweetness for mineral tension and stony precision.
  • Crafted by the legendary team at Craggy Range, a absolute global benchmark for premium New Zealand estate winemaking.

Tasting Notes

  • Appearance: Brilliant, pale straw-yellow core with glistening silken-green highlights at the rim.
  • Nose: Vibrant, expressive, and classically high-toned. It immediately opens with aromas of lime zest, fresh green apple, and white peach, neatly accented by notes of elderflower, fresh garden herbs, and crushed gravel minerality.
  • Palate: Bone-dry, light-to-medium-bodied, and intensely refreshing. The attack is bright and linear, showing a juicy core of orchard fruits and citrus oil. A precise spine of limestone acidity instantly cuts through the center, balancing the weight and driving into a clean, chalky, and long-lasting finish.

Serving Suggestion

  • Temperature: Serve well-chilled at 8–10°C. A crisp chill highlights the zesty lime aromatics and sharpens the clean, mineral structure.
  • Decanting: No decanting required. Pop, pour, and enjoy its vibrant energy fresh upon opening, though it will comfortably cellar beautifully over the next 3 to 5 years.
  • Western Pairing: Pan-seared scallops, grilled sea bass with herbs, fresh goat cheese salads, raw oysters, or asparagus risotto.
  • Asian Pairing: Crystal shrimp dumplings (蝦餃), Vietnamese fresh spring rolls, Thai green papaya salad, or classic sashimi plates.

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