Te Muna Sauvignon Blanc 2025
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New Zealand / Martinborough
Founded in 1998, Craggy Range exclusively crafts single-vineyard, terroir-driven wines and is a benchmark ambassador for the high quality of New Zealand’s wines. The grapes are partially hand harvested from the estate-owned Te Muna Road Vineyard. 85% of the grapes are destemmed before fermentation in stainless steel tanks and oak barriques using partial wild yeasts. The wine ages on its lees for 5 months in old and new French oak barrels before being fined, filtered and bottled.
Harvest Note
The 2025 vintage began with a warm, dry spring encouraging early vine development and higher yields. A cooler, more overcast summer slowed ripening, preserving delicate aromatics. The wine was predominantly fermented in stainless steel to ensure the floral and stone fruit characters remain expressive, while a portion is fermented and aged in oak to add complexity. 13% of the fruit was hand harvested, with individual parcels fermented separately in a combination of stainless-steel tanks, French and Austrian oak. After 3 months on lees, it was fined and filtered before bottling.
Tasting Note
Aromas of white flowers and blossom enfold freshly cut peaches and passionfruit. On the palate, the fruit and floral notes are bright and expressive, intertwined with hints of preserved lemon and key lime. The wine is fresh, elegant, and textural, with a saline minerality imparted by the river stones that it was grown on.
Technical Data
GRAPES: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
APPELLATION: Martinborough
PH: 3.13
ACIDITY: 6.4 g/l
ABV: 12.5%
AGING: 3 months on the lees; predominately stainless steel with a small amount in French and Austrian oak
Unique Selling Points
- Craggy Range is one of Martinborough’s largest wine producers
- Food-friendly with a complex mineral-driven palate
- Ten consecutive vintages of 90+ scores from Wine Spectator
I am fortunate to lead an extraordinary group of people who want to be part of creating something truly magnificent that successive generations can admire and enjoy for years to come. I love our great estates and feel a strong connection to their complexities and subtleties.
Ben Tombs, Winemaker
About the Grape
Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc has vivid, assertive aromas and flavors of gooseberries, citrus, herbs framed by tangy acidity. Oak contact adds tropical fruit, vanilla, lanolin and toast notes.
