>LIBRARY RELEASE< Reserve Hawkes Bay Syrah 2013
CHAMPION SYRAH- NZ INTERNATIONAL WINE SHOW 2015 Crafted from handpicked fruit on our steep sided Chalk Ridge vineyard in the Havelock Hills
Reserve Wines, Hawkes Bay, Syrah
Description
Winemakers NotesOur Reserve Syrah is made from fruit from our Chalk Ridge block, just to the south of Havelock North. It is a steep, north facing amphitheatre that is strewn with fossilised limestone. We have used only the ripest fruit from the top of the hill to craft our Reserve Syrah. A tiny amount of Viognier (1%) from the same block was co-fermented with the Syrah to add fragrance and complexity and to help fix the colour. Vintage 2013 was a superb season and the vineyard was in excellent condition at harvest. The wine spent around 12 months in French oak (60% new) before assemblage and bottling.
Analysis
| Alc | 14% |
| Acid | 6.7 g/L |
| Res sugar | 2.0 g/L |
| pH | 3.58 |
Tasting Notes
| Colour: | A beautiful deep purple/red, with a dense, dark core and bright, flashing purple rim. |
| Bouquet: | The essence of Hawkes Bay Syrah: masses of black fruits, a touch of pepper, some meatiness and lovely, savoury oak. |
| Palate: | A beautifully structured wine. Full bodied with silken tannins and great length. The fruit in the mid palate lasts and lasts |
Cellaring
This wine will drink beautifully from release and then cellar out to around five years in the correct environment.
Food Matches
The soft tannins, ripe fruit flavours, black pepper and spice make this wine a great accompaniment to many meat dishes such as lamb, venison, beef and game. The bolder and more complex style means that it will stand up to richer flavours and accompaniments.
Independent Reviewer’s Comment
“Elegant and accessible Syrah with impressive fruit density without being at all heavy or overpowering. The wine has impressive purity with good acidity and flavours suggesting ripe cherry, plum, chalky/mineral, mocha and powdered chocolate. It has an appealing sinewy texture. Distinctive Syrah from a top vintage.” Bob Campbell, April 2015
Awards
| CHAMPION NZ SYRAH | NZ International Wine Show, Sept 2015 |
| CHAMPION SHIRAZ/SYRAH | NZ International Wine Show, Sept 2015 |
| GOLD MEDAL | NZ International Wine Show, Sept 2015 |
| GOLD RIBBON/95 POINTS | Bob Campbell, April 2015 |
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