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Hawkes Bay Syrah 2016

NZ $19.00

This skilfully crafted red has bright, youthful colour, good density of ripe, plummy, spicy flavours, savoury notes adding complexity and a well-rounded finish.

SKU 01025

Category Classic Wines, Hawkes Bay, Syrah

Description

Winemakers Notes
Our 2016 Hawkes Bay Syrah is based on our fruit for our Gimblett Gravels block which was harvested on 7^th April 2016 and trucked overnight to Auckland. The parcel was pressed on 27^th April 2016 and then the wine rested in tank until 3^rd October 2016 when it went off to seasoned oak. It remained in those barrels until 4^th July 2017 and was bottled in two passes on 2^nd August and 31^st October 2017.

Analysis

Alc	12.5%
Acid	6.8g/L
Res sugar	3.0 g/L
pH	3.46

Tasting Notes

Colour:	It is deep, lustrous and bright red.
Bouquet:	Masses of red/black fruits, a touch of pepper, some background 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
Already approachable, but we expect this wine to cellar for a number of years.

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.

Suggested Wine List Description
A rich and full-bodied wine full of jammy fruit with lashings of black pepper and a long savoury finish.

Independent Reviewer's Comment

‘With its full, bright, youthful colour and plummy, peppery aromas, this is a clearly varietal red. Medium-bodied, it is vibrantly fruity, with good depth of spicy flavours and gentle tannins"

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