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Murdoch Wines
Located in the middle of the famous Gimblett Gravels wine district in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, The William Murdoch vineyard is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. The vineyards are farmed organically while the wines are made by Hayden Penny under the watchful eye of Jenny Dobson, consultant winemaker, known to the older members of our team as the girl who made a series of brilliant wines at Chateau Sénéjac in the Haut Médoc in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
Syrah/Shiraz
A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries.
It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness.
South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.
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The original William Murdoch’s grandson, Brett W Murdoch is the current owner of this estate. Located in the middle of the famous Gimblett Gravels wine district in Hawkes Bay, the vineyards are farmed organically while the wines are made by Hayden Penny under the watchful eye of Jenny Dobson, consultant winemaker.
This is cool-climate Syrah, very much along the lines of a Northern Rhône red. Aromas of black cherries are followed by crunchy bramble fruit and black pepper on the palate. The wine is fresh and herbaceous with a gravel minerality, a reflection of its origins in the premium sub-region of Gimblett Gravels in Hawkes Bay. Crisp and elegant, this is a fine example of a subtle, restrained New Zealand Syrah.
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