COLOUR: Deep purple/red.

AROMA: Intense spice and pepper

PALATE: A rich mouthfilling Syrah. Complex oak and intense
peppery fruit notes combine. A powerful, elegant
attractive Syrah, with subtle underlying fragrance.

OAK MATURATION: Approximately 14 months in new French oak.

TECHNICAL DATA
SOILS:
Consisting of alluvial gravel overlaid with silt sands of varying depths. The
Ngaruroro River laid these soils incorporating volcanic pumice sands
down centuries ago. These free draining and low status soils are ideal for
winegrowing.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS:
Favourable conditions were experienced through the flowering and fruit set
periods. A fine, warm, Indian summer was experienced, where ultimate fruit
maturity was achieved. Yield and quality were both exceptional which has
made the 2007 vintage a stand out.
VINIFICATION:
This Syrah was machine harvested, destemmed and the berries “bruised”
into both open and closed fermenters. Some cold soaking occurred
to maximise palate texture. Hand plunging and pumping over were
incorporated during fermentation to maximise extraction and some partial
barrel fermentation was also used. Oak maturation for 14 months in new
French oak.