Tasting: NZ Recent Release - May/June 2015

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Year: 2013

Price: $59.00

Review/Comments

Dense, classy Hawke's Bay blend of merlot (80%), malbec (10%) and cabernet franc (10%), grown at Te Awanga and matured in French and American oak barriques. A powerful, sturdy (14.5% alc/vol) wine, it has bold, youthful blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, with hints of nuts and coffee, and ripe, fine-grained tannins. Savoury, complex and notably concentrated, it should be long-lived.