Coopers Creek Reserve Hawkes Bay Syrah 2013
Sam Kim waxed lyrical about this wine, calling it “a symphony of delicious flavours,” and it’s certainly a wine of real majesty, made to enjoy with big-flavoured meat dishes. Its big nose offers ripe berry fruit aromas, spicy touches and a flirtation with volatility, followed by a powerful palate of velvety flow and tight balance. Grippy, chalky tannins back things up with appropriate gravitas.