Craggy Range
Craggy Range was founded by the Peabody Family in 1998 and was the first NZ estate to be distributed by La Place. Craggy Range focuses on producing wines that are expressive of their place, from the two famous North Island terroirs of Hawke’s Bay and Martinborough.
Producing wine from a variety of New Zealand regions, Craggy Range was founded in 1998 after a five year search for the best wine making property that can be found. Today, Craggy Range lives up to their premium property with even more premium wine.
With an unrelenting focus on quality, Craggy Range produces a collection of iconic wines from their exceptional estates in Hawke’s Bay, Martinborough, and Marlborough.
New Zealand, with its diversity of soils types, offered the perfect location to plant the vines. From the stony, warm soils of the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke’s Bay to the volcanic, clay soils of Te Muna Road in Martinborough these exceptional vineyards produce wines with amazing aromatics, purity and complexity.
After stints in Margaret River, Central Otago, and Oregon, Julian took up a role as Senior Winemaker at Giant Steps in the Yarra Valley, before returning to Margaret River to join McHenry Hohnen as Chief Winemaker in early 2017. Later that year, he graduated Dux of the Len Evans Tutorial in the Hunter Valley.
Julian joined Craggy Range as Chief Winemaker in January 2019, bringing his enthusiasm for contributing to the constant evolution of wine, together with his desire to help consumers understand and enjoy what they are drinking.
