Craggy Range Le Sol (2022)

Craggy Range Le Sol (French for ‘the soil’) is arguably New Zealand’s finest Syrah. Heck, you won’t catch us arguing otherwise! With a glowing international reputation and a history of critic scores that leaves jaws dropped this is quite simply a must-have for any keen collector. That’s if you can lay your mits on a bottle, global demand massively outstrips supply every release!

This is the 2022 Craggy Range Le Sol release and it’s absolutely no surprise to see it get near a perfect score straight out of the blocks…

96/100 & Top Rank Award (Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review)
“Deep purple. Arresting perfume of sweet vanilla oak and violets, ripe, dusty blackberry and blueberry fruit. Decadent and enveloping but also lively. The palate has very fine tannins on a medium-sized palate that possesses intense, persistent fruit, refreshing acidity and a ravishing sweet wood and fruit finish. Bacon fat emerges on the back with cinnamon, baking spice and blueberry cream. Palate staining flavour on an elegant, mid-weight palate with very fine tannins. Very young, yet already intergrated: it will only improve and gain complexity in the decade to come”

Le Sol is produced using Syrah fruit from a heritage clone brought to New Zealand in the 1840s, aged for 17 months in 38% new oak. This is a stunner. Cellar for 10-25 years from vintage.