CHURCH ROAD 1
CHURCH ROAD 1
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021
PROVENANCE
Church Road 1 is a range of single vineyard wines that showcase the terroir of our best vineyards. The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District consistently makes our most characterful red wines, with its warm, stony soils producing low yield crops of intensely flavoured fruit with a full-bodied, rich yet vibrant flavour. Sheltered from sea breezes and brisk southerly winds, this is one of the warmest subregions in Hawke’s Bay, making it ideally suited to producing bold red wines. This vineyard tends to produce Cabernet Sauvignon with a core of dark fruit and a firm tannin structure that brings length, drive and great longevity.
- WINEMAKERS Chris Scott and Craig Thomas
- VITICULTURALISTS Graham Bartleet and Claire Pinker
RECENT ACCOLADES
2023
Wine Orbit – Sam Kim
98
POINTS
2023
Cameron Douglas MS
96
POINTS
2023
Michael Cooper
5
STARS
AROMAS
TASTING NOTES
Lifted aromatics of perfectly ripe Cabernet are supported by opulent dark berry fruit with a
brooding, warm earthiness. Think floral notes and
fragrant wood suggestive of rosewood, cedar,
lavender and violet.
BODY
TASTING NOTES
Layered and complex with a supple mid palate and
powerful, fine-grained tannins driving
great length.
CELLARING
TASTING NOTES
With careful cellaring, we expect this wine will
age gracefully for 15 years or more.
