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• Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 17, 2018 - Brief notes only, tasted at annual NZ Trade Tasting London Jan 2015
  
  Light-Medium body; lovely purfumed nose; long flavours once tasted; not at all like an Aussie Shiraz, defo in the 'new' NZ style of Syrah.
  
  RR price £36.00.......Hmmm, doubt if it's worth that much, more like £25.00

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• chatters wrote:

  June 19, 2016 - Game of Rhones (Carriageworks, Redfern): blackberry and black pepper…juicy, lacks a little fruit on the palate. Okay at best

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• henrygjeffreys wrote:

  September 24, 2015 - stalky nose, complex with dark fruit
  Savoury oak here too
  Ripe tannins with notes of tobacco
  Long finish
  Seems to be missing something in the middle. It doesn't quite work
  I preferred the fruit of the Reserve syrah

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• Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 1, 2015 - In the emerging Hawkes Bay New Zealand syrah style, a long way from big jammy Aussie Shiraz. Big on fruit but with a backbone, taut. Light-medium body only. The nose was a delight of dark fruits perfume. This is classy red wine, tons of brooding intensity, a hint of mint. Good long finish. Young yet, cellar further, maybe 2017-2020. It is good wine, well crafted, fine, but a tad expensive at £30.00+ sterling for a NZ syrah, so not fantastic value-for-money.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Vidal Estate
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Legacy Series
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region North Island
• SubRegion Hawke's Bay
• Appellation Gimblett Gravels

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• In Cellars 14 (45%)
• Consumed 17 (55%)

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