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Craggy Range

Thename Craggy Range will be a familiar one to many Decanter readers – after all, the estate has been producing acclaimed

Now embarking on its third decade, Terry and Mary Peabody’s family estate spans New Zealand’s North and South Islands, and is renowned for its distinctive wines that encapsulate some of the country’s very best terroirs fine wines for more than 20 years. I remember attending a Craggy Range tasting back in 2005, where I was introduced to the prestige range. To use the Kiwi vernacular, I was ‘blown away’ at the quality. Frankly, I still am.

Craggy Range is steeped in the vision of Terry and Mary Peabody: the desire to find unique vineyard sites and make fine wines that echo where they came from. In the

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