Te Mata Estate

Bullnose Hawkes Bay Syrah

9.210 ratings
9.25 pro ratings
Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Syrah
Lamb
Top Notes For
Shengli Hu

Black pepper, violet, rose, olive, earl grey tea, cassis, blueberry, bright purple in color. Vanilla cream. Baking spices - cinnamon, nutmeg. Beautiful and elegant... Elevated acid, med+ soft square tannins, med body. 35% new oak for 15 months. 100% destemmed.

Black pepper, violet, rose, olive, earl grey tea, cassis, blueberry, bright purple in color. Vanilla cream. Baking spices - cinnamon, nutmeg. Beautiful and elegant... Elevated acid, med+ soft square tannins, med body. 35% new oak for 15 months. 100% destemmed.

Feb 18th, 2020
David White

Deep ruby with lighter rim and lovely floral and spiced nose.
Tannins are silky smooth and well integrated.
Dark fruits on palate with balance of alcohol and acidity, AbV at 13% much lower than typical Oz Shiraz @14.5%
At 8 years this is likely at its optimal drinking age
Excellent Syrah from NZ.

Deep ruby with lighter rim and lovely floral and spiced nose.
Tannins are silky smooth and well integrated.
Dark fruits on palate with balance of alcohol and acidity, AbV at 13% much lower than typical Oz Shiraz @14.5%
At 8 years this is likely at its optimal drinking age
Excellent Syrah from NZ.

Jul 19th, 2025
Steve Messinger

Bright red fruit w spice. Pepper and bergamot very good acid w soft tannins and long finish lots of layers

Bright red fruit w spice. Pepper and bergamot very good acid w soft tannins and long finish lots of layers

Sep 27th, 2022
Eddie Grystar

Overripe and disjointed

Overripe and disjointed

Feb 17th, 2023
TJ Maxwell

TJ had this 2 years ago

TJ had this 2 years ago

Jul 27th, 2023
Stephen Mathews

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May 15th, 2023
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Jan 29th, 2023
Stephen Mathews

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Jan 7th, 2022
Joshua Bowers

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Mar 13th, 2022
Joe Spinner

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Joe had this 5 years ago

Feb 2nd, 2020