Our Wines
Zinfandel 2023
Original price was: $45.00.$40.00Current price is: $40.00.
Stonecroft has the oldest Zinfandel vines in New Zealand. The vines were planted in 1993 and originated from Ravenswood in California. Hawke’s Bay is a relatively cool climate, so our Zinfandel is a medium bodied wine. We have just a few rows of Zinfandel at our Roy’s Hill Vineyard.
Description
Wine
Colour: A medium to deep red ruby colour.
Aromatics: Sweet vanilla, coconut and raspberry.
Palate: Our Zinfandel has raspberry, plum, boysenberry and cranberry flavours, together with sweet spice. Suitable for vegans.
Technical Info
Region: Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District®, Hawke’s Bay.
Vineyard: Roy’s Hill.
Variety: Zinfandel.
Analysis: Alc 13% vol.
Closure: Screwcap
Cellaring Potential: 7 years.
Additional Information
| Weight | 1.3 kg |
|---|
93 Points | Excellent.
A delicious wine with flavours of cherry and milk chocolate, five spice and blackberry flesh, earthy qualities with a dry stone and sandy soil then oak. The ageing in American oak layers in a classic nuance of coconut and baking spice and a touch of wood smoke. Tannins are bold and impressive, polished and abundant, acidity adds freshness and length to the palate. Best drinking from mid to late 2024 through 2030+.
Cameron Douglas MS, 2022
91 points
A light, fresh, vibrant and high A light, fresh, vibrant and high energy zinfandel with typical cranberry, and not so typical dried herb flavours. Elegant rather than blockbuster wine in an easy-drinking style.
Bob Campbell, 2022
The graceful 2022 vintage (4*) was estate-grown and hand-picked from vines planted at Roys Hill in 1993. Matured for 17 months in American oak casks, it is a bright ruby, mouthfilling red, with moderately concentrated plum, berry and spice flavours, savoury notes adding complexity, fresh acidity and supple tannins. A distinctive, youthful wine, it should be at its best 2025+
Michael Cooper, 2021