Villa Maria Reserve Gimblett Gravels Hawkes Bay Syrah 2019

Description

• French oak
• Boysenberry
• Spice & violets
• Ripe tannins

This stunning Syrah is a blend of two parcels from our vineyards in Hawkes Bay's Gimblett Gravels. 2019 delivered wonderfully fragrant and intense Syrah wines. Dense purple hues lead to a perfumed nose of boysenberry, spice and violet. Ripe tannins encase concentrated fruit characters on a long and silky palate. Careful cellaring of up to 10+ years will reward with further complexity.

2019 will be recorded as one of Hawkes Bay's greatest vintages, featuring one of the warmest growing seasons on record with GDD's well above the districts long term average. Early season rainfall enabled healthy vines to ripen fruit into what would be a long and exceptionally dry finish to the season, with the key harvest period of February to April experiencing ideal conditions, allowing fruit to be harvested at optimum ripeness and condition.

Villa Maria’s Reserve Syrah vineyards are located in the Gimblett Gravels of Hawkes Bay. The free-draining soils, warm daytime temperatures and cool nights encourage naturally devigourated vines to ripen their low yields slowly and evenly. These factors, along with well-timed vineyard management techniques ensure the resulting wines are deeply coloured and well structured, with pure aromatics and flavours classic to the variety.