'Aroha' is made from the very best parcels of Pinot Noir grapes growing in Craggy Range's Te Muna Road vineyard in Martinborough. These parcels are hand harvested, naturally fermented and matured in French oak before a final selection and bottling some 16 months after vintage.

The aromatics reveal black cherry, bark, plum, dark spices and truffle with a hint of old, dark red rose petal. Rich, yet not heavy, the palate is densely wound and brooding with fine acidity and a core of suede like tannin. Flavours of dark berry fruit, ripe plums, fresh dug earth, spice, coffee, hints of fennel and liquorice unfurl on the palate. The wine finishes with length and grace.

Drink now to 2017 - will be drinking particularly well from 2013.

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Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate 91-93 Points “The 2008 Aroha Pinot Noir is still a little pinched on the nose, but there is certainly some very pure raspberry and cranberry fruit in there waiting to unfurl with age and again, there is a touch of apricot just underneath all with excellent definition. The palate has good structure, perhaps with a little more weight than the 2007, ripe plumy fruit, dark cherries, nice grip on the finish. This is a Pinot with ambition.”

WBM Wine 100 Magazine 95 Points “Craggy’s ascent into the Pinot Noir stratosphere appears to have no bound, with yet another 2008 single vineyard wine reaching our shores. Precision and delicacy are the themes of its lifted violet style. It is blessed with a very fine, silky structure, with the best tannin profile of any vintage to date.”