Blank Canvas Element Syrah 2018
Standard - 75cl
- Vintage2018
- ColourRed
- ProducerBlank Canvas
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionHawke's Bay
- Sub RegionGimblett Gravels
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN14371822018
- Avg. Critic Score4.5★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
From the smallest vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels subregion. Co-fermented with 7% grüner veltliner skins for colour stability, complexity of tannin and a spicy, aromatic lift. The wine certainly has a great depth of colour, with rich, ripe flavours including Black Doris plum, liquorice, cocoa powder, mocha and a suggestion of violet. A generously proportioned wine with an appealingly supple texture. Should age well. (Screwcap)
- Reviewer Name: Bob Campbell MW
- Review Date: March 2021
Focusing on small-batch single-vineyard wines, Blank Canvas is owned and run by husband and wife Matt Thomson and Sophie ParkerThomson MW. From the smallest vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels at 2.4ha, this is a unique Syrah using 60% wholecluster fruit that’s co-fermented with 7% Grüner Veltliner skins (a technique pioneered by the Thomsons) then matured for 14 months in barrel. Christine Marsiglio MW: Intense hit of smoke, clove and grilled meats. Amazingly complex with ripe blackberry and cherry, baked plum and anise, and a long, savoury finish. Very, very peppery. Decant. Freddy Bulmer: Very reduced at first, but nice leather and blackcurrant flavours come through with air. It’s full, inky and broad, with concentrated fruit. Roger Jones: A big, opulent nose, oozing with meaty diesel perfume. Bold, dark berry flavours. One to keep and savour – it will benefit from another decade of ageing.
- Drinking Window: 2023 - 2034
- Reviewer Name: Christine Marsiglio MW, Freddy Bulmer and Roger Jones
- Review Date: June 2023