2004 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Te Muna Road Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  4/26/2010 - Marc wrote: 89 Points

  Excellent aged Martinborough style. Horse manure and sweet raspberries. Good presence, excellent length and complexity. These wines do mature and develop well. Drunk a day after we drove through the Te Muna Road vineyards, Great drinking now but will hold and continue to develop.

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  1/6/2010 - profiler54 wrote: 90 Points

  Nice fruit driven New World styled pinot.. still drinking well but I wouldn't cellar much longer... thank goodness that was my last bottle I would have guessed it a Cali Pinot had I tasted blind

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  11/8/2009 - profiler54 wrote: 90 Points

  Very interesting flavor profile... very unique... has a bright stewed cherries and barnyard like nose .. mostly fruit driven on palate.. but the concentration makes the wine.. I found it very drinkable and pleasant... lacked complexity and finish... already showing some age ..this wine won't get any better...drink up

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  3/9/2009 - jjclips2 wrote: 85 Points

  This was a bit all over the place. Definite bricking of colour. The nose didn't offer much more than alcohol and some spiciness. At first, sweet red berry fruits with high acid, dusty tannins, and a streak of minerality. Eventually the fruits softened and a metallic, tea leave, and baking spice elements shine through. The alcohol stayed through on the palate from start to finish. In a weird stage right now? I'm not convinced this will come back around, very unbalanced overall.

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  9/8/2008 - schway wrote: 91 Points

  92-. Deliciously ripe and sweet pinot fruit. Cherry, strawberry and plum framed by earth, spice, and hints of smoke, bitter chocolate (or coffee) and toast. With aeration, the earthiness dissipates and the root spices becomes more pronounced. Smooth, silky and relatively round, except for a little bitterness and bite which emerge on the back end. Tannins are ripe and subdued. Long and vibrant finish. Oak is very well integrated. Adequate complexity, with a wide array of aromas and flavors, although they often seem muddled together, lacking precise definition. This seems somewhat low in acidity for a pinot, but something about the sweetness seems to make this wine pair well with a wide variety of foods. (Went well with duck breast in polynesian spices, and amazingly even stood up to barbecued ribs...) I'm surprised how much I liked this, given the fact that I generally prefer pinots with more acidity and less overt jamminess. But, something about this combination of elements really seems to work; and the overall impression is one of balance and elegance, albeit in a forward style.
  Day 2: Faded fruit. Harsher and more bitter on the palate. Based on this (and the last bottle), I'd say drink now.

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