Wine Note

Handpicked from our Gimblett Road vineyard and matured for 15 months in French oak, this wine shows luscious black cherry notes and black pepper aromas,

Fruit

100% Syrah

Alcohol Content

13.0%

Soils

100% Gimblett Gravels

Management

Grown on stony, dry soils in the Gimblett Gravels Appellation. Vertical Shoot Positioning.

Harvest

Picked on the 14th April. Tonnage was very low due to frost in 2003, so we have been able to produce an intensely flavoured and coloured wine.

Composition

1005 Matariki's Gimblett Road Syrah

Barrel Percentage

100 % French 45% new and seasoned French oak for 15 months

Blend Composition

100% Syrah

Bottling

8th October 2004

Sensory

Deep red colour. 
Lifted spice and violet aromas. 
Deliciously intense with blackcurrant and spice flavours, soft tannins and a smooth, lingering finish.

Cellaring

Drink now until 2007