TRINITY HILL SYRAH 2022

The Trinity Hill team know a thing or two about producing top Syrah and in a solid vintage like 2022 this quality shows all the way through their ranges. This is juicy and plump with plum fruits and spice.

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"The perfume/florals and spice of Syrah introduce a fruit-dominant, complex wine bursting with intense blueberry/raspberry/blackberry fruit flavours. Supple tannins, crisp acidity, and a touch of toasty oak, combine on the palate to produce succulent, lingering, spicy finish.

Released young to emphasize the beautiful perfume and fruit freshness, this wine can happily be enjoyed on its own or partnered with a wide range of foods, particularly red meat dishes, game, or pasta.

Weather conditions leading up to the 2022 harvest were typical of a classic Hawke’s Bay summer – long hot sunny days with moderate-cool nights. As Autumn arrived the season became cooler, with intermittent rain, however early warm ripening conditions produced a ripe, supple and delicious Syrah.

Several individual parcels from our three Gimblett Gravels vineyards were harvested separately and de-stemmed prior to fermentation. Gentle daily pumping over of the skins during fermentation helped extract a soft, complex structure. Extended maceration on skins following fermentation helped to further integrate and soften the tannins.

Following a period of ageing in stainless steel tanks and seasoned small- and large-format French oak barrels, the individual batches were blended to create the ideal marriage of components."

90/100 Cameron Douglas MS, January 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"Ripe, varietal with core of dark black currant and raspberry, some baked versions of the same, then some gentle wood smoke and baked earth qualities. Youthful and enticing. A dry wine touches the palate first then immediately flavours of dark plums and raspberry, then black currant and some baking spice layers from wood. There’s a whisper of reduction adding a stony flinty quality. Well made and ready to from day of purchase through 2028."

88/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit,March 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"The inviting bouquet shows sweet plum, thyme, clove, and nutmeg aromas, followed by a silky-smooth palate offering juicy fruit flavours with polished tannins. Attractively styled and expressed, offering charming drinking. At its best: now to 2028."