Esk Valley's ‘Great Dirt’ collection are expressive and age-worthy wines. Each tells a story of its unique soil and history, reflecting our intimate relationship with the Hawkes Bay landscape fostered over many decades of winegrowing. The select
vineyard blocks from which these wines are sourced have long produced the finest of our wines. Each is made in a hands-off manner, using only the best parcels of hand-picked fruit to capture the essence and unique character of each site.
The Hillside Syrah is a lighter, complex and more fragrant expression of Syrah totally unlike its siblings of the Gimblett Gravels. From a tiny plot of Syrah planted in limestone soil atop The Terraces vineyard, this is a special and ultra-rare bottling.