"A solidly-structured wine; Good value at this price" Bob Campbell, MW
"Supple, spicy Syrah with plum, black pepper, dried herb, grape stem, spicy oak flavours" Bob Campbell, MW
Enjoy with smoked & BBQ dishes, also an ideal match for middle eastern dishes
Esk Valley Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2018
Esk Valley Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2018
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
New Zealand Wine of the Year Competition 2019
Awarded 93/100 Points & 4 Stars
Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Feb 2020
Awarded 4 Stars
Cuisine Magazine 2020
Description
- Plum
- Dry herb
- Spicy oak
- Freshness & length
"Supple, spicy syrah with plum, black pepper, dried herb, grape stem and spicy oak flavours. A solidly-structured wine, with a backbone of sappy tannins that suggest cellaring potential. Good value at this price" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Feb 2020
The colour is a medium red, vibrant and youthful. It showcases a nose of raspberries and red fruit with peppery undertones. On the palate, the wine is mouth-filling, soft with flavours of red berries, jam, pepper and spice with an underlying acidity providing freshness and length. Delicious as a young wine, it will nevertheless offer excellent cellaring potential.
The grapes for this wine were sourced from a selection of Hawke's Bay vineyards, growing in both river gravels and limestone. The soils are free drained with very little water retention, ideal for growing high-quality grapes. Intensive viticultural practise including shoot and bunch thinning allowed us to harvest perfectly ripened grapes from 12 to 25-year-old vines.
The individual parcels were esteemed on arrival at the winery and transferred to small open-topped concrete fermenters for fermentation. Once active the ferments were managed by hand with hand plunging employed to gently extract colour and tannin. After a period of post-fermentation maceration the grapes were gently pressed and the wine transferred to French oak barrels for 14 months ageing. Both small 228-litre briquets and 500-litre puncheons were utilized, 15% of which were new.
Ideal to drink: 2019 - 2025
Food Pairing: Enjoy with smoked and BBQ dishes, either vegetarian or red meats. Also an ideal match for middle eastern dishes.
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