Hawke's Bay in New Zealand is famous for it's Syrah wines and especially for their Rhone-like cracked pepper characters. -----
Dark in colour with red berry fruit and cracked pepper characters. This wine has fine tannins and a soft finish providing great drinkability as a young wine, but it has the fruit and backbone to cellar comfortably for 4 – 5 years.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawke's Bay
ABV: 14%
Grapes: Syrah.
In the Winery: Sileni has a state of the art winery in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand. It is designed to crush over 1500 tonnes of fruit using both hitech and traditional methods. Chief winemaker Grant Edmonds, leads a team of winemakers including Rachel Garnham, with combined vintage experience spanning Bordeaux, Burgundy, Oregon, California and Australia.