Winery Church Road - Tom McDonald Syrah

Winery Church RoadTom McDonald Syrah

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Tom McDonald Syrah of Winery Church Road is a red wine from the region of Hawke's Bay of North Island.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Tom McDonald Syrah of the Winery Church Road is in the top 40 of wines of Hawke's Bay.

Taste structure of the Tom McDonald Syrah from the Winery Church Road

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Tom McDonald Syrah of Winery Church Road in the region of North Island is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Tom McDonald Syrah of Winery Church Road in the region of North Island often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Church Road's Tom McDonald Syrah.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Couderc 13

A direct producer hybrid obtained by Georges Couderc by crossing Vitis Lincecumii (Buckley) with 162-5 Couderc, the latter having 3/4 blood of Vinifera-Rupestris. Today, like most hybrids, it has practically disappeared. It can still be found in a mixture in very old vineyards, the photographs below were taken in the Ardèche, on the border with the Gard, north of Saint Ambroix.

Last vintages of this wine

Tom McDonald Syrah - 2014
In the top 40 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Tom McDonald Syrah - 2013
In the top 40 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Tom McDonald Syrah - 2009
In the top 40 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Tom McDonald Syrah from Winery Church Road are 2014, 2013, 2009

Informations about the Winery Church Road

The winery offers 52 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Pernod Ricard.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Church Road is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in the of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine North Island
In the top 400 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 40 of of Hawke's Bay wines
In the top 25000 of red wines
In the top 35000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hawke's Bay

The wine region of Hawke's Bay is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. We currently count 274 estates and châteaux in the of Hawke's Bay, producing 1268 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hawke's Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

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