From the cellar: Craggy Range SV Te Muna Rd Pinot Noir 2008 – $$$

This is a celebration bottle for the first night of the ski week I am doing with LG, L and her boys.

I am attempting to post this through my Samsung S4. A tiny screen. Wrestling with the mobile technology. Zoning in and out from the conversations around me

The wine is deep ruby in the glass, browning off. Tawny funky bouquet, red cherries. Delicious ripe full fruit flavours of red cherries and plums. Dense but not heavy. Really enjoyable wine. The buy recommendation from three years ago was a right one. Gotta make it last through to tomorrow night though. It’s hard work carrying full bottles up the piste and I have to make wines the I brought up last the distance. 4.5