Hues of dark red ruby and light purple with a magenta rim lead to a bouquet of ripe red berry fruits and fresh meats, baking spices of vanilla and a touch of cinnamon then violet and stone earth suggestions….

It’s hard not to think Northern Rhone when nosing this wine for the first time, but it is all Hawkes Bay with a baked gravel stone minerality, a core of dark red fruits, black currant and violets, baked plum and aged meats….