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Trinity Hill Syrah 2016

Hawke's Bay

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  • 92pts, James Suckling, 2018

Set up in 1993, with extensive vineyards in top echelon Gimblett Gravels, this is a pioneering estate. Just on its first release vintage, it won Trophies and Golds. This wine is a wonderfully complex, silky Syrah – smoky blackberry with exotic spice.

Set up in 1993, with extensive vineyards in top echelon Gimblett Gravels, this is a pioneering estate. Just on its first release vintage, it won Trophies and Golds. This wine is a wonderfully complex, silky Syrah – smoky blackberry with exotic spice.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Blackcurrant and berries with good acidity, spice and herbs

Aroma

Liquorice, herbs, black pepper and ripe blackberry

Trinity Hill Syrah 2016

More information

  • 12.5% ABV
  • 9.38 Units
  • 750.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2025

Trinity Hill is the result of a chance meeting of Robert and Robyn Wilson, owners of London restaurant Bleeding Heart, with winemaker John Hancock. Convinced they could together make world class reds in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay, Gimblett Gravels in particular, they started planting in 1993 and expanded further in 2000. Even with their first release 1997 vintage they won Trophies. Today they have a worldwide reputation for an amazing array of grape varieties and styles – from this Syrah to classic Bordeaux and experimental varieties like Arneis. Warren Gibson has now taken over the winemaking and has excelled with this fine, elegant red, made purely from Gimblett Gravels fruit. Aged in oak, this Syrah is delicious now with slow cooked lamb.

"Attractive florals and red berry fruits swathed in pepper and woody spices, as well as spicy oak" James Suckling
93 Points
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