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Reserve Hawkes Bay Syrah 2010 >SORRY, ALL GONE<
TOP NZ SYRAH - Cuisine Magazine July 2013, 4 Gold Medals, 4 ½ Stars – Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide 2012 - “A classy wine, very finely textured, with deep, youthful colour, substantial body, and rich plum and spice flavours, showing excellent complexity and flow. Sweet-fruited, with good tannin support and a long, spicy finish.”
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Our first ever 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 (2.43%) from the same block was co-fermented with the Syrah to add fragrance and complexity and to help fix the colour. Vintage 2010 was a stunner and the vineyard was in excellent condition at harvest. The wine spent around 10 months in French oak (40% new) before assemblage and bottling.
Analysis
Tasting Notes
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
“It’s a classy wine, very finely textured, with deep, youthful colour, substantial body, and rich plum and spice flavours, showing excellent complexity and flow. Sweet-fruited, with good tannin support and a long, spicy finish, it’s already delicious, but best cellared to 2013+.” MC
Awards
Tasting Notes - Download PDFs
2010