Elephant Hill SEA Syrah 2020, Hawke's Bay

Aromas of fresh black blue fruits with fleshy roasted plums and black currants, a mix of baking spices and meats, dark mushroom and barrel smoke, clove and fresh coffee, raspberry and stone. Youthful, taut and dry as the wine touches the palate, flavours of dark berries both fresh and roasted are of equal intensity. Firm tannins and acidity set a solid structure in place for fruit to marry to and cellar time if desired, assured. A youthful wine that is best decanted if served before 2025 with best drinking from late 2025 through 2033+.

94 Points

Excellent

RRP from $65.00

Ø  98% Sea vineyard (Te Awanga), 1% Earth vineyard (Bridge Pa), 1% Stone vineyard (Gimblett Gravels)

Ø  100% Syrah, MS clone, all handpicked on 3/4 – 4/4

Ø  Inoculated & natural primary ferment, natural malolactic in spring

Ø  18 mths barrel (20% new) plus 10 mths in tank, all on light lees

Ø  72 cs (9l) produced