de la terre - Montepulciano Hawke's Bay 2019
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An Italian variety from the Abruzzo region. A rich black-fruit style designed for drinking with gamey red meats, duck confit etc.
Extended Description:
The wine is a deep red/purple/black colour. The nose is dominated by dark fruits – black cherry, black olive and Damson plum alongside cedar and vanilla oak notes.
The palate has a strong and rich attack of dark fruit which moves seamlessly through to a vibrant and mouth-watering mid=palate with real structure. There is a lovely balance between fruit, tannins and acidity with an attractive seam of spicy French oak.
Drinking nicely in its youth but with huge potential for ageing and development – with time in the bottle, the primary fruits will give way to further complexities such as tar, liquorice and leather.
Cellar well and you won’t have to think about it going backwards for 15 or more years.
Hand-picked grapes from low-yielding vines on the smallest of our Hill Country Estate terraces. Our winemaking procedures aimed at highlighting the black fruit spectrum and rich tannin structure. The wine was aged for ~ 15 months in French oak (40% new). Un-fined and unfiltered, estate bottled and hand-labelled. A small production only – individually hand-numbered.
About de la terre
De la terre winery absolutely, no doubt about it, offers one of the very best cellar door experiences you can find. The talented Tony and Kaye Prichard, are the beautiful people behind this unique boutique winery. Tony is the fantastic winemaker and Kaye is the Queen of the cellar door kitchen and ensures the admin gets done. Their dog Gracie is of course, head of the welcoming committee.
Situated in Hawkes Bay on the Napier-Taihape Road and only 20 minutes from the Taradale or Hastings scenic pastureland, sits de la terre, the only earth brick winery and cellar door in Hawkes Bay. Everything was built by Tony, and bearing in mind this man is a winemaker, not a builder, he has managed to craft a stunning, rustic space that pays incredible attention to detail.
Small volumes of high quality wines are produced by de la terre and when drinking their wine you can expect an emphasis on elegance, texture and balance. Their varieties include Viognier, Chardonnay, Tempranillo, Syrah, Barbera, Montepulciano and Tannat. These grapes allow Tony to create a full range of styles from simple and complex white wines and unique red wines, to a Sauternes-style Noble Viognier and incredibly special Méthode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs.
Tony is a true expert in traditional winemaking. Absolutely everything is done by hand, including, but not limited to, tending to the vines, harvesting, bottling and even labelling with their own handmade wooden label contraption. A truly one of a kind winery and must visit. Order a bottle of their beautiful Methode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs at their cellar door and you may be treated to a sabrage! (the opening of a bottle with a sabre).
