NEW ZEALAND
Sam Harrop HAWKE’S BAY
New Zealander Sam Harrop MW grew up near Waiheke Island, where he got his first wine industry job. After years residing in the UK and globetrotting the world’s wine regions, he returned to Waiheke with his young family making it his base. Sam is a driving force in the world of wine: as well as making his own wines and being a great ambassador of New Zealand wines, as a Master of Wine, he helps many vignerons around the world to excel. On New Zealand’s North Island, Hawke’s Bay is a wide bay on the east coast protected from northwesterlies by mountain ranges. It is New Zealand’s most historic wine region – and also its warmest with climate parameters similar to the Médoc in Bordeaux, albeit a little cooler (hence the suitability for, and success of, Cabernet Franc). Soils vary widely, and recently the full potential of subregions such as Gimblett Gravels and Bridge Pa, featured in this Offering, have been fully appreciated.
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CELLAR 280 — PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
