2023 By Farr Shiraz 750ml Mineral White Wine Maturation: 18 months in new

Maturation: 18 months in new French oak barriques (Remond: Alliers

Widely regarded as a benchmark of Hawke’s Bay fine wine

the 2022 Seven Acre Shiraz is full-bodied

which is managed to receive late winter and early spring flood water from the Bremer River assisted by a series of channels and weirs

and fine-grained tannins

2023 By Farr Shiraz 750ml Mineral White Wine Maturation: 18 months in newShiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep set sandstone. VINIFICATION All fruit is hand picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co fermented and bled