Sileni Cellar Selection Syrah

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.