A couple of years ago, the Marlborough-based, Ibbotsen family managed to secure a prime piece of grape-estate in the middle of Hawke’s Bay’s Gimblett Gravels district and they have rocked it ever since. Their winemaking team have fully got their talents around the big, gutsy, northern reds and that’s a great thing. This syrah is fresh and peppery, boosted with violets, boysenberry and earthy, savoury, olive tapenade textures.
