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Esk Valley Great Dirt Hillside Hawkes Bay Syrah 2020Spicy oak Dark plum & blueberry Chestnut & five spice Fine tannins "Complex and intriguing with a bouquet that suggests place and time. Aromas of red currant and dark red apple skin, plum and raspberry with moments of licorice and spice then lees complexities with judicious barrel selection suggesting less oak than previous expressions. Delicious on the palate with complexity and charm, a core of red berries and lees spices then moments of sweet oak
- Spicy oak
- Dark plum & blueberry
- Chestnut & five spice
- Fine tannins
"Complex and intriguing with a bouquet that suggests place and time. Aromas of red currant and dark red apple skin, plum and raspberry with moments of licorice and spice then lees complexities with judicious barrel selection suggesting less oak than previous expressions. Delicious on the palate with complexity and charm, a core of red berries and lees spices then moments of sweet oak and five spice. An abundance of fine tannins and back bone of acidity that harmonise with the core fruit flavours seamlessly followed by a sense of stone and mineral. A fantastic wine, wonderful craftsmanship with a lengthy finish" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Aug 2022
"From Esk Valley's famous Heipipi Terraces vineyard. Dense, rich and silken-textured wine with layers of berry, roasted chestnut, pepper and spicy oak flavours. A top vintage and a history of ageing gracefully makes this a hot buy for the cellar" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Aug 2022
"Offering elegant fruit purity and perfume, the wine shows dark plum, blueberry, violet, thyme and roasted nut aromas on the nose. The refined palate displays beautifully rounded mouthfeel and juicy fruit flavours, combined with fleshy texture and fine tannins, finishing smooth and persistent" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2022
This is a complex and intriquing wine. Aromas of rose petal and red berries are compelling. The wine is elegant with a red fruited profile, but a firm tannic backbone provides complexity and length. Raised in old large format barrels the wine has little oak flavour, instead showcasing the beauty of its unique site.
At 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 site, 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.
The fruit was hand picked and fermented as a mix of whole cluster bunches and de stemmed fruit in a single concrete fermenter. Indigenous yeasts were untilised for fermentation and once complete the wine wine was pressed to large format oak barrels for maturation. A blend was made from selected barrels and bottled unfiltered in December 2021.
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