Te Mata Bullnose Syrah 2024 13% 750ml

Te Mata Bullnose Syrah 2024 13% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE

Bright crimson at the edge with a deep purple-black core.

AROMA

Bullnose ’24 is wonderfully expressive and fragrant. Aromas unfold in layers of violet, fresh raspberry, ripe plum and dark cherry, wrapped in black olive with subtle spice and pepper.

PALATE

The palate amplifies the depth of fruit and textural intensity, delivering concentrated richness, framed by a vibrant, precise acid line that imparts energy and a bracingly youthful edge. With underlying power and elegance, fine persistent tannins carry the wine through to a long, beautifully driven finish. Bullnose ’24 is a showstopper. This is Bullnose for the ages. Enticing, long and beautifully composed.

REGION NOTES

Separate parcels of fully ripened syrah grapes were hand harvested from Te Mata Estate’s Bridge Pa, Gimblett Gravels and Dartmoor vineyards on 25 March and 9 April 2024.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

The wine is named Bullnose after an early Morris Cowley car, which was nicknamed Bullnose due to its distinctive radiator. The bull emblem that appears on the wine label is drawn from the car’s radiator crest.

CELLARING POTENTIAL

Bullnose ’24 is closed with a Diam cork and will evolve in bottle for at least 10 years from harvest.

VINIFICATION

The individual lots were each destemmed and given a traditional warm-plunged fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended maceration on skins before pressing and then a secondary malolactic fermentation. The separate wines were then run to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 16 months’ maturation, with 34% being new oak. During this time, they were regularly topped and racked, before blending and then bottling in November 2025.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: New Zealand

Region: Hawke's Bay

Vintage: 2024

Variety: Shiraz & Shiraz Blends

Alcohol volume: 13.0

Closure: Cork

Volume: 750

Weight: 1.417kg

Wine style: Red (Full Bodied)