| YEAR GRAPES FIRST CRUSHED | 2009
| | VARIETIES | CHARDONNAY, SYRAH
| SALES / TASTINGS
| CONTACT WINERY
| | WINEMAKER | MARK RATTRAY
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"With the 2011 vintage in the barrel, I have now passed 40 years of involvement in the wine industry, 36 of them in New Zealand.
Capturing ‘terroir’ is the cornerstone of ‘real wine’. The continuing commercialisation of wine has necessarily created a uniformity of style, a reduction of numbers of grape varieties and a general orientation towards branding. It is the very antithesis of what I wish to achieve.
I have acquired a passion for and a belief in Hawkes Bay Syrah where, in 2009, after careful selection, I secured a small parcel on the Gimblett Gravels. For the 2010 vintage, I added an equally small parcel of Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay, a variety for which I have had a long time vinous love."
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MARK RATTRAY WINES
www.markrattray.co.nz
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Tel: 09 636 3387
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