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Kusuda Syrah Martinborough 2019

12% abv

Vol- 75cl

“The 2019 Syrah leads with graphite and steel, blackberry, blood plum and cherry. In the mouth, the wine is elegant and refined, as we have come to expect from Hiro Kusuda. This wine has a distinct autumn leaf, black truffle character, and knowing how gracefully they age, it is barely at the beginning of its life. There is much to give, and the length of flavor tells us everything else that we need to know. Super wine. Quite distinct, with arnica and alpine mint woven through the finish. It’s gently dusty, spicy and voluminous in its way, with elegance and restraint writ large. A pleasure. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under 54-millimeter natural cork” 2023- 2029
94 Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate,

100% destemmed without crushing, cold soaked for 4 to 6 days. Fermented in open stainless-steel vats with pumping-over and hand plunging, total period of maceration for 27 to 29 days. Aged in French (25% new) oak barriques for 24 months. Unfined and bottled after coarse filtration.

The weather changed in early summer to cooler days and then wetter in March. Two ex-tropical cyclones in the first half of April was quite nerve-wracking but the fine, warm weather in the second half salvaged the vintage. The longest pre-harvest sorting (cut out diseased berries one by one from the bunches still hanging on the vines) ever carried out, for about 10 days. 2282 bottles produced.

” Hand-picked and sorted. Aged for 20 months in French oak (20% new). Coarse filtration. Unfined. 2,927 bottles produced.
Transparent purplish crimson. Strong on black-pepper/rotundone notes, medium body and a bone-dry finish. Very pure and energetic. Smooth, fine tannins. Very Jamet Côte Rôtie-like! Much drier than the Van Loggerenberg 2018 Syrah tasted alongside. Very fine and precise indeed. Should age beautifully but could already be enjoyed.”
15.5 Points, Jancis Robinson Nov 2022

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£80.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

Limited stock, only 6 remaining

Before embarking on his winemaking career, Tokyo-born Hiroyuki (known as Hiro) Kusuda trained as a lawyer, worked for Fujitsu and worked at the Consulate General of Japan in Sydney. Hiro sought a winemaking education in English, but was dissuaded by the fees that foreign students were charged at Davis in California and Roseworthy in Austrlia. Instead, he went to Germany, learned the language, enrolled at Geisenheim and then emigrated to New Zealand to work as an assistant to his friend Kai Schubert, who had been a few years ahead of him at Geisenheim. This led him to the tiny town of Martinborough to pursue both the Riesling and Pinot grapes – to which a third challenge, Syrah, has now been added. Obviously the main market for Kusuda is Japan, where they have developed a cult following, and indeed whence comes the volunteer labour force at harvest time when every grape is rigorously checked before making the cut. Hiro Kusuda is meticulous to an almost fanatical degree, but it explains the exceptional quality and amazing precision of his wines.

Reference #:
18209
Strength
12 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Shiraz / Syrah
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Sparkling
No

What do I pay for delivery?

Orders under £150 are charged an initial £9.95 incl. VAT.

Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly.
Orders under £190 are charged an initial £12.00 incl.

All stock bought from Bond will be charged at delivery cost as quoted by the bond. As this varies dependent on the location of the wines and ultimate destination this will be quoted to you at the point of billing for VAT and duty.

And can we change order.

Deliveries are normally between 09.00 and 17.00 Tuesday to Friday and a signature is required on receipt of delivery. (We do not ship on a Friday for Monday delivery unless specifically requested to do so).

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a further email and/or text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

If you are out a card is left, with an instruction to call the local depot to re-arrange delivery. Alternatively, you can inform us to “leave safe”, “leave with a neighbour”, “leave in garage” etc. and we will pass this information onto the courier. Please remember that, in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, alcohol will only be left with persons over 18 Years Old.

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

We use Mailsafe packaging and double walled cardboard boxes for secure shipping of all bottles. Clear labelling marked FRAGILE is applied and all our despatches.

UK mainland deliveries are overnight from confirmation of despatch with the exception of the following postcodes where deliveries are made on a 2 to 5 day service from despatch : 

IV 3 to 11, IV14 to 28, IV 40 & IV 51 to 54, IV 63. KW 1 to 3 & KW 5 to 14. PH 33 to 41

 

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