Syrah!
A blind tasting of 48 2018 Syrahs from around New Zealand showed the country’s best can compare with their Rhône counterparts, says Maxime Cavey of Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers.
Mission Estate Winery was awarded New Zealand’s only Syrah Masters medal in the 2022 Global Syrah Masters, for its 2019 Mission Huchet Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke’s Bay.
Run by The Drinks Business magazine, it is the biggest United Kingdom-based competition for Syrah and secures entrants from all around the globe each year.
Only six Masters medals were awarded in 2022, with the other five for wines from Barossa.
The very limited Huchet wines are only made in select years and Paul Mooney, Chief Winemaker at Mission, says 2019 was a fantastic vintage in Hawke’s Bay.
As a winemaker for more than 40 years, Paul rates the region’s Syrah highly.
“This award is a real credit to the efforts of both our winemaking and viticultural teams, and it’s not just about this vintage, but the learnings and knowledge of these vineyards that we’ve picked up over the years.”
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