GLENGARRY WINES
FINE WINE DELIVERED SINCE 1945
FINE WINE DELIVERED SINCE 1945
| Event Venue | Glengarry Victoria Park, 118 Wellesley St West, Auckland |
| Event Date | 7:00pm Thursday 19 April |
Our Fine Wine manager Regan McCaffery, presented this fantastic head to head match up last week. We had four of New Zealand's greatest examples of Syrah. As one of the most exciting varieties we have, it was an opportunity to see where we stand against some of the finest Syrah from France. They were presented in pairs, country against country. Three different regions in New Zealand were represented, and four different appellations from the Northern Rhone.
The first pairing was Martinborough against St Joseph. Dry River Syrah 2013 v Pierre Gaillard St-Joseph Les Pierres 2009. The Dry River has wonderful floral aromatics, and a beautiful fine elegant structure. Unspringing considering they make it almost the same as their Syrah, except all the bunches are destemmed. The Gaillard is from a great warm vintage and was much broader and denser on the palate. This is made from the best barrels of his single vineyard wines, aged in 100% new oak. At 9 years of age this is just starting to really show its class.
Next up was one of our countries iconic wines, Craggy Range Le Sol 2015. This was beautifully made with a very clean and pure presence. This had really become much more refined compared to the early vintages, which were more about ripeness. It's French counterpart was the oldest wine in the tasting, 2007 Domaine Clape Cornas. They are a very traditional producer and this wine has always needed time to soften the huge tannin structure. Now at 11 years of age this is entering its drinking window, showing a lovely olive and herb complexity and being the choice as the best wine for dinner now...
Read more on our blog, About Wine.
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