Description
Duet is a play between light and shade.
Here we utilise white wine (light) and red wine (shade) techniques to create a blend that has excellent balance and freshness. Each style highlights the strengths of the other.
A chilled light red perfect for summer.
Intense colour belies the light techniques. A brooding earthy, savoury character with a touch of fresh herbs is followed by blackberry, dark cherry and pepper. A smokiness starts the palate, and black plum, lavender and rosemary take over. A dry, crisp and fresh red wine with a beautiful subtlety of flavour and fine tannin.
Only 1586 bottles produced.
Bridge Pā Syrah – 58%
The organically farmed TK Vineyard has a combination of hot daytime temperatures and relatively warm nights, perfectly suited to ripening Syrah. A free draining sandy loam covers a deep bed of alluvial gravels with interspersed layers of volcanic pumice.
Bridge Pā Merlot – 42%
Planted in 2003, the organic Paritua vineyard sits on an old riverbed of gently rolling and flat land beneath the limestone rich Raukawa hills. The soils are made up of free draining “red metal” gravels overlaid by alluvium derived by loess, volcanic ash, greywacke and limestone.
