Bilancia Trelinnoe Syrah 2020
Tasting Note:
Ripe, full fruit
and complexity with little influence from
oak, showing Hawke’s Bay spice, crushed stone and
dark fruits. Despite it’s proximity to the
la collina vineyard this wine exhibits a
very different tannin structure and is
more brooding in its youth.
Aromas and flavours:




Reviews
Reviews for Bilancia Trelinnoe Syrah 2020:
James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com
Fabulous aromas of brambleberries, peppercorns and crushed black pepper. Rose petal. Crushed stone. Medium to full body. Hints of dried meat and sandalwood. White pepper. Oyster shell. Refined. Better in a year or two. Drink or hold.
Erin Larkin
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Trelinnoe Syrah was harvested post-lockdown during COVID-19, an interesting time that we lived through globally. On the nose, this is saturated with raspberry coulis and red licorice, pink peppercorns, graphite and black tea, rose petals and blood. It smells sumptuous and looks vibrant and almost light. I'm thinking supple. Yes. Uber fine, with a chalky, silky flow. This is a delicious wine. It's exactly what you'd hope for in medium-weight Syrah. It's perfectly ripe without a hint of anything over that. This is gorgeous wine. Seamless. Almost three years in barrel, with none new. The future is so bright here. I'm looking forward to seeing it again sometime.
Additional information
Type: Red wine
Varietal: Syrah
Food match: steak, casserole, beaf. Aged fillet steak tartare, radish, free-range egg yolk, smoked miso mayo, crispy shallots, crouton or roasted red meats with a medley of vegetables including red and green peppers.
Vineyard: A single vineyard Syrah from Trelinnoe (tree-lin-o) Vineyard on Roys Hill, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, named for the owner’s his
torical ties to Cornwall (= historial garden in Cornwall). This upper Roys Hill, north facing
hillside vineyard is sandstone over
limestone and is planted with the Mass
Selection (MS) clone of Syrah.
Vintage 2020: 2020 was a spectacular vintage for
Hawke’s Bay and this Syrah shows the
beauty of that vintage.
Winemaking: The fruit was 100% hand-picked. It
was destemmed and crushed to the
fermentation vessel with around 20% of
the fruit included as whole bunches.
During fermentation the tank was gen
tly pumped over once a day. The wine
was pressed at dryness and then trans
ferred to older oak post malolactic fer
mentation. The 2020 Trelinnoe Syrah
was bottled in February 2023, having
spent almost three years in oak.
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Wine style: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: Contains sulfites.
Cellaring potential: 2030+.
Closure: Screwcap
Produced and bottled by: Bilancia Limited
PO Box 2508 Hastings 4156
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
You love Syrah? Browse the Syrah assortment here.