2019 Te Mata, Bullnose Syrah, 6x750ml

2019 Te Mata, Bullnose Syrah, 6x750ml

2019 Te Mata, Bullnose Syrah, 6x750ml
Te Mata’s iconic Hawke’s Bay Syrah is produced from the Bullnose and Isosceles vineyards in the Bridge Pa Triangle sub-region. Aged in French oak for 15 months. Ripe-fruited. Taut. Silky.

Availability: 4 weeks

Case size: 6 / Bottle size: 750ml

Duty Status
From £179.00

Critics Score: 98

Publication: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

The wine exhibits a great degree of elegance as well as opulence and gutsy substance… It’s weighty and sumptuous on the palate displaying awesome fruit purity and silky mouthfeel, wonderfully framed by loads of polished tannins. A stunning rendition of the variety.
2019 Te Mata, Bullnose Syrah, 6x750ml

ORIGIN
Named Bullnose after an early Morris Cowley car, nicknamed Bullnose due to its
distinctive radiator. The bull emblem that appears on the label is drawn from the car’s
radiator crest.

VINEYARDS
Separate parcels of fully ripened syrah grapes were hand-harvested from Te Mata
Estate’s Bullnose, Hotspur and Isosceles Vineyards between 3 and 17 April 2019.

WINEMAKING
The individual lots were each destemmed and given a traditional warm-plunged
fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended maceration on skins before
pressing and then a secondary malolactic fermentation. The separate wines were then
run to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 14 months’ maturation.
During this time, they were regularly topped and racked, before blending and then
bottling in October 2020.

TASTING NOTE
Brilliant amethyst with a deep black core, Bullnose Syrah ’19 glimmers with raspberry,
ripe black cherry, and dried strawberry over lush velvet tannins. There are grace notes
of black pepper, chocolate, liquorice, lilac, even char and baking spices, with the
structure and elegance contributing to undeniable ageing potential. Ripe-fruited. Taut.
Silky. Bullnose Syrah ’19 is utter class. A black velvet beauty.

CELLARING POTENTIAL
Bullnose ’19 is closed with a Diam, allowing continued evolution in bottle for 15 years
from harvest.