Le Sol Flashcards
Le Sol 2020
GIMBLETT GRAVELS, HAWKE’S BAY 2020
100% Syrah / 13.5%
Warm and dry from Christmas onwards. Exceptional
Whole Bunch (56%) / Destemmed (44%)
Fermented in French and Austrian barriques and puncheons
Indigenous yeast
Matured in French oak barriques (34% new) for 17 months
Not fined / Coarse filtered
Cellaring for 10 - 25 years
Deep, dark garnet with a burgundy hue. A plethora of notes leap from the glass– ripe red-blue fruit, boysenberry and blueberry are intertwined with the savoury complexity of black pepper and graphite. The palate is seamless and perfect to a point; voluptuous fruit greets the palate and fills the mouth. However, the exceptionally fine, graphite tannins come racing through and give the wine rarely seen persistence. Without a doubt, one of our finest releases to date.
Le Sol 2019
GIMBLETT GRAVELS, HAWKE’S BAY 2019
100% Syrah / 13.6%
Wet up until Christmas, then dry and warm through ripening peroid. Iconic.
Whole Bunch (65%) / Destemmed (35%)
Fermented in Open top French cuve and closed top stainless
Indigenous yeast
Matured in French oak barriques (38% new) for 17 months
Not fined / Coarse filtered
Cellaring for 10 - 25 years
Deep and dark with a purple hue. An overwhelming presence that suggests this wine will live to be iconic. The nose is flush with mulberry, violets, lavender and cocoa. While young and vibrant with taut tannins, the palate is complex, deep and intoxicating – so much dark, black fruit, changing with each mouthful.
Le Sol 2018
GIMBLETT GRAVELS, HAWKE’S BAY 2018
100% Syrah / 13%
Warm and dry summer, with a rain event mid ripening.
Destemmed (100%)
Fermented in Open top French cuve
Inoculated yeast
Matured in French oak barriques (38% new) for 17 months
Not fined / Coarse filtered
Cellaring for 10 - 15 years
Inky purple-red. Black pepper and shaved graphite intertwine with boysenberry and lavender. The palate is tightly coiled with powdery tannins that filter through the palate. Effortless poised and with so much energy, this is a wine that will unfurl over the years to come.
Le Sol General Information
$160
Le Sol (French: the soil) is born of the renowned Gimblett Gravels viticultural appellation, with its gravelly soils attracting the sun in summer and insulating the vines in winter. The vines are planted in the stoniest parts of the vineyard to a heritage clone of Syrah brought to New Zealand in the 1840s. Intensively hand managed, the grapes reveal a deep dark Syrah with purple hues. Le Sol is always aromatically pure with a luscious yet elegant mid-palate and a distinctive fine tannin finish.
