$26.99
This delicious Syrah conveys blueberry, black doris plum and subtle spice, with hints of blueberry and liquorice, with a lingering finish of toasty oak. Full bodied and imbued with supple integrated tannins makes this wine complex and savoury.
Reserve wines are from low-yielding vines producing superior grapes showing intense fruit flavours and pure varietal expression. The winemaking philosophy is to achieve “balance” of flavour, structure and texture.
Reserve wines are more complex than the Mills Reef range and by matching them with food can greatly enhance your dining experience.
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To be enjoyed on its own or try with roasted duck leg and plum sauce.
The grapes for this elegant Syrah were grown in the highly acclaimed Gimblett Gravels region of Hawkes Bay. The 2023-2024 growing season was perfect, with below average rainfall and above average temperatures. Harvest occurred after a moment of a long dry period. February/March provided the ultimate growing conditions with some warm days and cool nights, enabling the fruit to have enhanced flavours, supple tannin structure and balanced acidity.
Two parcels from carefully chosen rows were vinified separately. After a three-day cold soak to extract important colour and flavour components, the musts were fermented with selected yeasts in open-top stainless-steel vats. With diligent cap management, the resulting wine parcels were pressed off the skins, creating three blends, and then aged for 24 months in quality French oak, of which 25% was new wood. The two parcels were then brought together on 10th August 2026. The final wine is unfined but filtered just before bottling under stelvin screwcap closure on 27th August 2026.
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