"Wonderfully harmonious & seamless" Wine Orbit
"Excellent fruit purity together with elegant savoury undertones, backed by polished tannins" Wine Orbit
Delicious with beef wellington, roast duck & mushroom dishes
Mystery Hawke's Bay Syrah 2016
Black Market Mystery Wines™ are simply wines we love, with the branding hidden and revealed only when it arrives at your door!
Mystery Hawke's Bay Syrah 2016
Accolades
Awarded 95/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jan 2019
Description
- French oak
- Black Doris plum
- Warm spice
- Polished tannins
"Gorgeously fruited and beautifully perfumed, the bouquet shows mixed berry compote, Black Doris plum, vanilla, game and warm spice aromas, followed by a concentrated palate that is refined and flowing. The wine offers excellent fruit purity together with elegant savoury undertones, backed by polished tannins. The wine is wonderfully harmonious and seamless. At its best: now to 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jan 2019
Mid red with a purple hue. Concentrated blueberry and raspberry dominate with dark plum fruit notes. Floral scents (Asian lily and violet) and spice (five spice) along with a savoury oak nuance provide additional interest. There is also a savoury note coming from the maturation on lees and this manifests itself as a sea spray or soy complexity. The palate is super silky and supple belying the structure of the wine. Weight and concentration are not built from alcoholic sweetness, rather, low cropping and careful maturation. This Syrah highlights an aromatic and palate weight direction that is perhaps at odds with most expectations.
The grapes for this Mystery Syrah were hand-picked and de-stemmed into an open top fermenter. 10% of the grapes were left as whole bunches. The grapes soaked for one week prior to fermentation with vineyard yeasts. At the end of fermentation the young wine was pressed off and immediately run to barrel for malo-lactic fermentation and maturation. All barrels were French oak (50% new) and a mixture of sizes. Barrel maturation was for 14 months on gross lees without sulphur. All barrels were blended together, sulphured and settled prior to bottling in June without fining or filtration.
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Had low expectations based on price and not knowing what we were buying, went purely off the ratings. Was blown away, this wine is proof of the review system. Great drinking, accessible with or without food. Yummo!
Amanda - 15/07/2020
Very nice flavour, well refined.
Graeme - 15/07/2020
Lovely stylish syrah, blackberry, pepper, and a touch of savouriness. Nice balance, drinking well now.
Dave - 07/07/2020
Beautiful wine
Sam - 29/06/2020
Beautiful example of a NZ syrah - love it
John - 24/06/2020
Excellent full bodied Syrah that should last for quite a while. Great value
Trevor - 23/06/2020
Fantastic! Can't recommend this highly enough for $20.
Derek - 23/06/2020
quite a rich & solid wine with good structure
Steve - 15/07/2020
Have only just opened the first bottle but so far impressed
Valerie - 13/07/2020
Very drinkable Syrah.
Gail - 26/07/2020
Nice wine but not as heavy as I would have expected for a Syrah, it is more like a Pinot Noir.
warren - 15/07/2020
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