Vidal El Legado Syrah 2013
This enticingly fragrant Syrah from the renowned Gimblett Gravels region in Hawke’s Bay shows aromas of violets, dark rose and underlying spice. Elegantly balanced, this wine is finely textured and has a long, concentrated finish. An exceptional wine that will age well over time.
$60.35
"This is serious Syrah with a capital S! It delivers! Somebody's turned up the bass line on the music here. It's a little ball of energy that every time you go to it, it's going to give you something different. It's lovely wine and rather spectacular." - Cameron Douglas (MS)
(light) 21%
(strong)
Alcohol
(sweet) 10g/l
(tart)
Acidity
(acidic) 6.0
(flat)
pH
months 24
months
Oak Aging
(chilled) 65° F
(room)
Serving Temp
years 10+
years
Cellaring
Winemaker's Notes
2013 was an outstanding Hawkes Bay vintage and will go down in history as one of the region’s greatest. Warm, dry and settled conditions prevailed throughout the season allowing picking decisions to be based purely on flavour and balance. Naturally low yielding vines combined with early season “green harvesting” and meticulous canopy management throughout the season have rewarded us with perfect ripeness, flavour development, concentration and tannin maturity. Fruit for this wine was grown entirely in our premium Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District vineyards where the soil is made up of relatively recent alluvial deposits of gravel with varying degrees of silt and sand. These naturally free-draining, low vigour and “lean” sites combined with detailed vineyard knowledge and the ideal growing season of 2013 has produced a wine of international standard showing intensity, texture and depth of flavour.
- Vintage
- 2013
- Variety
- Syrah
- Color
- Red
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Closure
- Screw Cap
- Volume
- 750
