The Hay Paddock Label

Production is limited to approximately 300 cases and magnums per vintage. The wine is only available to members of The Hay Paddock Syrah Society. (See our Membership Section.)
The best performng vines from a selection of clones throughout the vineyard are chosen for seperate batch fermentation. Low yield, optimum colour and tannin expression are the initial selecton criteria. After six months in new French oak, blending trials are undertaken with a small proportion of Petit Verdot. After fining with egg whites the wine is returned to new oak for a further period of six to eight months before being cold stabilised and bottled under cork. The bottled wine is then cellared for a further two years prior to release.
This wine is produced for friends, collectors and enthusiasts who appreciate the value of cellaring and who join the proprietors in their exploration of a defining wine style for New Zealand Syrah

The Harvest Man Label

Harvest Man Syrah is the single-vineyard, hand-made wine which we believe demonstrates the best of New Zealand’s - and Waiheke Island’s - abillity to produce a red wine style that expresses optimum ripeness and varietal character. It is a wine designed to complement food and, apart from private trade clients, is currently available to the restaurant and on-license trade only. Annual production is limited to 1500 cases.
The same intensity of hand labour is applied to the vines which provide the cuvee for Harvest Man as for the limited edition Hay Paddock. The difference lies in Harvest Man’s greater emphasis on fruit character relative to later maturing tannins, and the opportunity provided for earlier drinking. Harvest Man also enjoys 12 months in oak, but is released after one year in bottle.