The 2019 Aroha Pinot Noir from Craggy Range is a beautifully crafted wine, showcasing aromas of ripe red cherries, blueberries, and subtle earthy notes. On the palate, it offers a harmonious blend of vibrant fruit, fine tannins, and a touch of spice. The wine is elegant and fresh, with excellent balance and a long, refined finish. A standout vintage, perfect for both immediate enjoyment and future aging.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 97
Published: Feb 9, 2021

This has hit an impressive trajectory with very well-curated, fresh blueberry, red-cherry and black-cherry aromas, swathed in sweet baking spices and fresh-tilled earth. The palate has sleekly defined tannins, carrying intense, ripe blueberry and red-cherry flavors, amid deeply buried spice. Impressive, this is the finest Aroha to date. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Decanter | D 95
Published: Feb 17, 2022
Drink: 2022-2030

Aroha (‘love’ in Maõri) is a micro-cuvée of Craggy’s Te Muna Road Pinot, made from two parcels on an elevated terrace of this vineyard. Potent aromatic punch of dark cherry-berry, forest-floor and a Campari-like herbal bitterness. The plush yet vibrant palate is laden with summer berries interwoven with earthy minerals, blood-orange acidity, raspy tannins and charred vanilla oak.
Closure: Screwcap
Alcohol: 13.00%
Body: Medium
Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Craggyrange.com

Aroha is a romantic word in Te Reo, Maori, meaning love. Reflective of its namesake, Aroha is handcrafted with passion from unique parcels of Pinot Noir grown on the upper terrace of our Te Muna Road Vineyard in Martinborough. The pedigree of particular blocks is paramount to the quality of this wine. At over 20 years of age, the balance in our best blocks, identified by a narrow band of clay over stone, straddles that line between power and beauty. When crafting this wine, we look for the quality of tannin to be the ultimate driver, and with Aroha, the velvet line provides unmistakable length. Less extraction in the winery and longer duration in barrel are constant progressions of our thought, as this wine reflects a world style of Pinot Noir that strives to sit in the top echelons of this variety.