Region: Hawke's Bay, NZ
Vineyard Appellation: Gimblett Gravels
Vineyards: Estate owned Gimblett Stones and Gimblett Estate
Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2020
The wine shows attractive brambly, blackberry-like ripe fruits along with spicy and exotic complexity. The palate is rich and textural with salivating soft tannins. Licorice, chocolate and sarsaparilla flavours linger on the finish. This wine will age extremely well for at least five years but equally can be drunk in its youth.
$39.99
Vineyards
Varietal Mix
100% Tempranillo
Harvest Detail
Picked: 30th March
Bottling Detail
Alc/Vol: 14.0%
TA: 5.9 g/L
pH: 3.89
RS: 0.39 g/L
Bottled in July 2021
Winemaking & Viticulture
The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing region is a small area in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand defined by its unique stony soil type. The 2019/2020 growing season was warm and dry, perfect conditions to produce deliciously ripe and rich Tempranillo.
Hand-harvested grapes were de-stemmed but not crushed and transferred to a stainless steel closed-top fermenter. Once fermentation was underway the cap was pumped over once daily to aid optimum colour and tannin extraction. Upon completion of fermentation the wine was macerated on skins for an extended period to improve the texture and complexity of the tannins and soften and stabilise the wine. Following this maceration period, the wine was drained off the skins and transferred to a combination of new (58%) and one-year-old French, and two-year-old American, 225-litre barriques for 14 months maturation before being bottled.
The Wine
Tempranillo is a red grape variety grown in many parts of Spain. It is best known in the production of the famous wines of Rioja.
It is also found in Portugal under the synonym Tinta Roriz where it is one of the main grape varieties of Port and Douro dry red wine styles.
The wine shows attractive brambly, blackberry fruits with spicy, exotic complexity. The palate is rich with liquorice, chocolate and vanilla, textural with gentle tannins. This wine can be enjoyed in its youth but it will age well for at least ten years. Red meat or pork would be an ideal match as well as traditional Tapas-style dishes.
Drink 2021 to 2031.