2012 Kusuda Wines, Syrah, Martinborough, New Zealand

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Syrah/Shiraz
Ready - mature (Drink 2016 - 2027)
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
91+/100
James Suckling
94/100
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2012 Kusuda Wines, Syrah, Martinborough, New Zealand
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Ready - mature (2016 - 2027)
Grape List Syrah/Shiraz
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Kusuda Wines

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20

Screwcap, much to our surprise! Tasting it blind, we’d thought it was the cork-sealed wine. More expressive and evolved. Modern idiom and fresh.

Drink 2016 - 2023
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Mar 2017)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 91+/100

Medium to deep garnet-purple coloured, the 2012 Syrah has a great core of plums and blackberry preserves with black pepper, dried herbs and liquorice accents. Medium-bodied with a remarkable velvety and grainy texture, it offers mouth-filling pepper-laced flavours and a lively acid backbone, finishing long.

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Jan 2015)
James Suckling 94/100

A small make of just 4,200-odd bottles of this hand-crafted pinot. It shows excellent precision and detail, delicate fragrance, blue and red fruit aromas, hints of pepper and orange blossom, some pomegranate, and an attractive, vibrant fragrance. The palate has depth and some chewy texture bolstered by oak for now. Plenty of spice and good roundness. This will settle in time.

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James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Oct 2014)

About this wine

Martinborough

Martinborough

Close to the southern tip of North Island, some top-class, aromatic Pinot Noir is being made in the town of Martinborough, with the best rivalling good Burgundy. Just as Cloudy Bay launched a hundred wineries in Marlborough, so Dry River Wines and Ata Rangi provided the spark that lit up Martinborough. Economically the region is suited to Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
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