la collina Syrah 2014

The 2014 Hawke’s Bay vintage backed up the critically acclaimed 2013 harvest, again allowing viticulturalists and Winemakers to revel in the joy of optimal growing and ripening conditions. The winemaking philosophy is, and always has been, to reflect the unique vineyard site in this single vineyard wine. Each vintage of la collina is a snapshot of the vineyard in that year and no two vintages will ever be exactly the same. The wine is powerful yet elegant with ripe, bright fruit and spice coupled with weight and length on the palate, weighty yet unobtrusive fine tannins and a balanced palate.

The la collina vineyard is a steep, terraced and incline planted hillside vineyard on the North/Northwest facing slopes of Roys Hill, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The hillside is protected from the cooling effects of the southerly winds and during the growing season the vineyard is bathed in sunshine. The hillside is sandstone over limestone