Craggy Range Te Muna Road Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024
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This is Ben Tombs first vintage as chief winemaker, as he follows in the well trodden path of those before him, it’s clear he was paying attention. The 2024 is crimson with dark Christmas cherries, dusty plum skin and sapote pudding. A thrill of olive flecks, granitic soils and winter pine leaves. The wine pulls deeply with fine tannins and cherry pit and cassis. Some very delicate oak tones of cedar and clove, finishing with a hint of black pepper and tree bark. A wine that could handle black pudding or garlic seafood but allow for medium rare game meats too.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
