REGION: Clevedon - South Auckland 100%

Puriri Hills makes blended red wines inspired by the wines of Pomerol and St Emillion in Bordeaux. An extremely rare wine.

Blend: 47% Merlot, 33% Carmenere, 10% Cabernet Franc & 10% Malbec

 TASTING NOTES:

To compare the quality of this wine we have to look towards the great wines of St Emilion and Pomerol.

Dark ruby red in colour. Compact and haunting aromas of super quality dark Swiss chocolate, Christmas cake, bran and dark fruits – very deep set aromas. The palate displays pristine and deep fresh blackberry and black plum underpinned by almost invisible coating tannins. It is slightly more backward, and slightly darker than the reserve. Again the palate shows an extra touch of weight but never is the wine forced or over extracted. The fruit is allowed to speak here, the structure is very finely boned, elegant, gentle fresh (perfect ripeness) and long.

This is benchmark red wine of the absolute highest quality. This wine will deliver at its price tag. This wine, if cellared, will age gracefully for more than a decade. Perhaps let it sleep for a year, but after that it will also be hard to resist young.

Special occasion ‘claret’. Immaculate.

REVIEWS:

• “The very classy debut 2005 vintage (5 Star) named after Ivan Pope, who planted and tended the vineyard. It has a dark colour and a brambly, slightly toasty bouquet. Youthful, with obvious potential, it is rich, ripe and highly concentrated with hints of coffee and spices, and notable power, complexity and density.” Michael Cooper 2008