Purple-hued and a complex luminosity, the whit pepper enhances the beautiful ripeness with violets, black boots and broken earth adding to the feral compounds of the aroma. Black as thunder and sweet as a teenage kiss.

Clos de Ste. Anne is a single vineyard situated on steep northeast facing slopes in the foothills of Poverty Bay. The Syrah is grown in a little bowl high up in the slopes of the estate. Protected on all sides by the topography, it faces directly into the north west and is best described as The Crucible.