2019 Elephant Hill Reserve Hawkes Bay Syrah
Grape
Syrah
Its Origins
Reydan and Roger Weiss first fell in love with the beauty of Te Awanga when visiting from Germany in 2001. Together they envisaged owning a state-of-the-art winery, merging the traditional values of wine making with an innovative approach and contemporary style to produce exceptional wines to savour and enjoy. With the majestic elephant as their namesake and nestled against a backdrop of rolling hillsides, Elephant Hill spans over 25 hectares of vineyards producing classical, aromatics whites and world-class reds, helmed by winemaker Steve Skinner.
What The Critics Say
95/100 Cameron Douglas MS
"A complete bouquet, a complete wine, vibrant and varietal with a bouquet of fresh black currant and barrel spices, roasted red skinned orchard fruits, tobacco and plum, violets and new leather, baking spices and wood smoke. Lovely weight and mouthfeel, dry with a core of fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet, a decent backbone of acidity, firm tannins and lengthy complex finish. What’s not t like! Perfect now and through 2029."
95/100 Wine Orbit, Sam Kim
"Sweetly fruited and complex, the inviting bouquet shows blackberry, smoked game, toasted spice and roasted hazelnut aromas, leading to a wonderfully weighted palate offering fleshy texture backed by layers of fine tannins, making it sturdy and robust with a sustained velvety finish. Gorgeously stylish and harmonious, with excellent structure and balance. At its best: now to 2031. $44.00. www.elephanthill.co.nz. Aug 2024." Drink 2024 - 2031
94/100 Bob Campbell MW
"Plush and perfumed oak. Baking spice and white pepper, blackberry and cassis fruit with sweet floral overtones filling the glass. Svelte and opulent on the entry, with fine, rounded fruit tannins and some grippy oak firming it up towards the back without interrupting the flow. Subtle and long, mid-weight fruit persists—unchanged—through to the back where it is joined by earthy seed spice and a hint of dried herb. Still youthful, compact but stylish 13 Aug 2024." Drink 2024 - 2034
| Variety | Shiraz / Syrah |
|---|---|
| Region | Hawkes Bay |
| Closure | Cork |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Maturity | 2024 - 2034 |
This Wine Goes Well With
Taste
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