Michael Cooper Wines gives Eventide 5 Star Award
We are very pleased to announce that our 2020 Eventide wine has been awarded a 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.
Eventide Wine 5 Star Award
We are delighted and pleased to receive a 5 star rating for our 2020 vintage. We also received a 4.5 star award rating for our 2019 wine.
Michael Cooper 5 Star Award
“This distinctive red is made principally from Syrah, blended with small portions of Petit Verdot and Tannat. The powerful 2020 vintage (5*) is dark, youthful and likely to be long-lived. Full-bodied, it is packed with vibrant blackcurrant, plum and gently spicy flavours, with a hint of liquorice, nutty oak adding complexity, and a firm backbone of tannin. Best drinking 2025+”
Michael Cooper Nov 2020
When to drink: 2025
Reviewed July 2022
We are delighted 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.