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La Collina Syrah
This is the first wine released since 2021. The 2024 La Collina Syrah is 100% whole-bunch fruit, which is dependent on the year, but this 2024 season was well suited to it. Aromatically, there's raw cocoa, fresh blood, pomegranate molasses, star anise, freshly mowed fennel, crushed rocks, licorice, lavender, raspberry and black tea, with pastrami and hung deli meat lace the edges. Gosh, I love this wine. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is shaped by ductile, chalky tannins, which serve to enhance the perception of fruit and spice, and these tannins drag out the flavor through the long finish. This is a spectacular wine. It's truly great, and not just in a Hawke's Bay context, nor merely a New Zealand context, but truly great in a global Syrah context. This is a superb example. I love it. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.