Nasze wina

Szczep: Syrah.
* 2005* Każdy kolejny rocznik tego wina jest coraz lepszy i, podobnie jak wiele innych osób, wierzę, że stanie się ono jednym z najlepszych nowozelandzkich win. Z posmakami czarnego pieprzu i klasycznej strukturze jest to bardziej wino typu Rhone, aniżeli australijskie. Warte leżakowania przez kilka lat, aby wydobyć z niego to, co najlepsze. *** 2006 *** BULLNOSE SYRAH '06
DECANTER - SPURRIERS WORLD, MARCH 2008
A 100% Syrah from four different clones, one a pre-phylloxera clone from Chave in Hermitage. Full, deep and fleshy in the northern Rhone style, like broad shouldered Saint-Joseph or subtle Cornas. Balance and ripe tannins mean it can be drunk or kept. +++ BULLNOSE SYRAH '06
Review from Geoff Kelly, Wine Commentator, www.winereviews.com, MARCH 2008

One sniff and the bouquet is floral and aromatic in the style of fine subtle versions of Cote Rotie, striking that perfect equipoise between excess florality bespeaking under-ripeness, and the florals of over-ripeness. This is another fine elegant Bullnose, in its subtlety pursuing a totally French path to grape-ripening and thus wine beauty, rather than the more heavy-handed over ripe Australia one. This 2006 Bullnose rates among the top six New Zealand syrahs of the vintage, but in its subtle and fragrant Cote Rotie styling, it is easily underestimated. Cellar 5-15 years.
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Sustainable Winegrowing
New Zealand accredited. This
wine is made in a traditional
manner and fi ned with eggwhite.
It contains no residual
sugar or added tannin.
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FIRST PLANTED IN 1990, THE BULLNOSE VINEYARD’S OLD RED-IRON SOILS PRODUCE TE MATA E S TAT E ’ S F I N E S T S Y R A H . T H I S W I N E H A S D I S T I N C T F L O R A L A N D S P I C E A ROMAS, R I C H F L AVO U R S O F P LU M , R A S P B E R RY A N D B L ACKBERRY, W I T H A V E LV E T Y T E X T U R E .
Michael Morris and Peter Cowley, vineyard partners and old car enthusiasts,
named Te Mata Estate’s Bullnose vineyard after the pre-1928 Morris Cowley
car, nicknamed ‘Bullnose’ due to its distinctive radiator. The bull emblem that
appears on the label is drawn from the Bullnose car’s radiator crest.
As the Bullnose vineyard’s original plantings have developed greater maturity,
we have seen a corresponding increase in the palate weight and structure of
Bullnose Syrah. Additional syrah clones, imported from France in the mid-‘90’s,
have introduced fl oral aromatics and greater complexity.
Bullnose ‘06 is a blend of three clones of syrah, hand harvested between 10 and
23 April. These separate parcels were each destemmed and given a traditional
warm-plunged fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended
maceration on skins before pressing and malolactic fermentation. They were
then run into a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 16
months’ maturation. During this time, they were regularly topped and racked,
before egg-white fi ning, blending and bottling in September 2007.
Bullnose ‘06 has a deep crimson colour with aromas and fl avours of fresh
blackberries, plum sauce, cinnamon and lavender. It is a rich and supple wine
with integrated, soft tannins providing structure and length to the palate. It will
continue to evolve in bottle for eight years from harvest.