Our Eventide 2019 Waiheke Syrah wins Awards! Michael Cooper Wines gives Eventide 4.5 Stars.
We are very pleased to announce that our 2019 Eventide wine has been awarded a 4.5 star review from Michael Cooper, one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed wine writers.
With a multitude of books and several major literary awards to his credit, it’s not a small accolade! Michael has been in the wine reviews business since the 70s and knows his wines. In 2004 he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to wine writing.
Waiheke Syrah wins awards
Eventide Wine 2019 Syrah = 4.5 Star Award
Michael Cooper Award
“This distinctive red is made principally from Syrah, blended with small portions of Petit Verdot and Tannat. The 2019 vintage (4.5*) is a Cotes-du-Rhone-like red, with ripe blackcurrant and red berry flavours, sitting alongside Syrah’s typical peppery notes in New Zealand. Showing excellent depth and complexity, it should be at its best 2024+. ”
Michael Cooper Nov 2020
When to drink: 2025
Reviewed July 2022
We are delighted our Waiheke Syrah has won another award! It’s great to have received another great review of our fledging wine and vineyard.
So what are you waiting for ?
It’s time to get ordering our award winning wine and soon you’ll be writing your own review 🙂
About Waiheke Island
Waiheke is an island about 45 minutes by ferry due-East of Auckland city, New Zealand. The Island has about 40 vineyards now and is known in New Zealand as “The Island of Wine”. In fact, with about 30 years of serious growing experience, the locals now realize that it is one of the best places in the world to grow Syrah – so it could be more apt to call Waiheke “The Island of Syrah”! New Zealand Syrah tends to be more full-bodied than US versions of this varietal but not as peppery as the “Shiraz” in Australia which is the same grape by a different name.