Craggy Range Te Muna Road Vineyard Pinot Gris 750ml (6 Bottle Pack)

Brand: Craggy Range

Release Name: Te Muna Road Vineyard Pinot Gris (Single Vineyard)

Wine Style / Type: Fresh, Dry White Wine

Varietal: 100% Pinot Gris (Multiple French Clones)

Age: Vintage varies depending on current stock

Volume: 750ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): Varies by vintage — please confirm against current stock

Country: New Zealand

Region: Martinborough, Wairarapa (Te Muna Road Vineyard, Limestone-Influenced Soils)

Cask Type: Not Applicable — Slow, Warm Fermentation to Build Palate Texture

Limited Edition: No (Craggy Range's Standing Annual Te Muna Road Pinot Gris Release — Note: Recent Vintages Have Been Limited Production, Available to Wine Club Members Only via the Winery's Own Site)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed with a specific competition score for this exact wine at time of writing — Craggy Range as a producer holds a strong international reputation, particularly for its Te Muna Road range

Craggy Range is a family-owned New Zealand winery formed in 1997/1998 by Australian businessman Terry Peabody and Master of Wine Steve Smith, built on the selection of exceptional single vineyard sites across Hawke's Bay and Martinborough. Every Craggy Range wine comes from a single, named vineyard, with individual parcels fermented and matured separately to preserve genuine site character rather than blending for broad consistency. The estate's Martinborough vineyards, centred on Te Muna Road, sit alongside its Hawke's Bay operations in the Gimblett Gravels district, together forming the core of a range widely regarded as among New Zealand's finest and most terroir-driven wine producers.

Craggy Range was formed in 1997/1998 through a partnership between Australian businessman Terry Peabody and Master of Wine Steve Smith, built on a singular philosophy: select the very best land, plant it densely at low yields with varieties ideally suited to each specific parcel, and let the site do the talking. The Te Muna Road Vineyard, located seven kilometres outside Martinborough township, sits on two distinct terraces — while the higher, older terrace is reserved for the estate's celebrated Pinot Noir, this Pinot Gris draws on the vineyard's stony, limestone-influenced soils to produce a genuinely distinctive style, deliberately modelled on the fresh, dry Pinot Grigio tradition of Italy's north-east rather than a sweeter, more textural approach. Multiple French clones are hand-harvested together specifically to preserve freshness, then carefully pressed to extract both pure juice and the variety's characteristic spicy skin notes, before slow, warm fermentation builds a round palate feel that balances the fruit's natural vibrancy. Best enjoyed within four years of vintage, it pairs particularly well with creamy pasta or risotto, and represents genuine single-vineyard craft applied to a variety too often treated as an afterthought by less meticulous producers.