{"product_id":"esk-valley-great-dirt-hillside-hawkes-bay-syrah-2021","title":"Esk Valley Great Dirt Hillside Hawke's Bay Syrah 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is immensely seductive on the nose with blackberry, sweet plum, rich floral, game and cedary oak characters, leading to a concentrated palate offering power as well as elegance. Sophisticated and seamlessly expressed with a sustained structured finish. At its best: 2025 to 2039\" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a complex and intriguing wine showcasing its limestone soils. Aromas of rose petal and red berries are compelling. The wine is elegant with a brambly red fruited profile, but a firm tannic backbone provides complexity and length. Raised in large format barrels the wine has little oak flavour, instead showcasing the beauty of its unique site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the summit of “The Terraces” vineyard lies a limestone plateau, subdivided into four small plots of Syrah, totalling 1.1 hectares. Gently sloping to the north this is a warm\u003cbr\u003esite, but moderated by the sea breeze from the Pacific Ocean which lies 1 kilometre to the east. Once the home of Heipipi Pa, this vineyard offers incredible views of northern Hawkes Bay and with its limestone and shell base produces a unique wine. Planted in 2007, with the Limmer Clone, the dry farmed vines are cane pruned and intensively managed to produce wine of exceptional quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was hand-picked on April 1st and fermented as a mix of whole cluster bunches and de-stemmed fruit in a single concrete fermenter. Indigenous yeasts were utilised for fermentation and after a period of post ferment maceration the wine was pressed to large format oak barrels for maturation. After 20 months maturation a blend was made from selected barrels and the wine bottled unfined and unfiltered in March 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VillaMaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49488492855613,"sku":"EVSSYRHH216Z","price":539.94,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/9211\/5773\/files\/22411-1.jpg?v=1729033571","url":"https:\/\/www.blackmarket.co.nz\/products\/esk-valley-great-dirt-hillside-hawkes-bay-syrah-2021","provider":"Black Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}