Trinity Hill Hawke's Bay Merlot 2024

Trinity Hill's Hawke's Bay Merlot is a smooth, fruit-driven, Bordeaux-style red drawn from the winery's Hawke's Bay sites, including their prized Gimblett Gravels vines.

Hawke's Bay | Gimblett Gravels | Fruit-Driven Merlot | Food-Friendly

Tasting Notes

Chocolate, plum, and blackberry aromas of Merlot have combined with the aromatic spice of oak ageing to produce a fruit-dominant yet complex wine. Soft, ripe tannins make this wine serious yet eminently drinkable.

Serious yet eminently drinkable, classic Gimblett Gravels Merlot.

Why you'll love it: An easy, generous red for a midweek roast or a casual dinner with friends, plush and chocolatey but with enough structure to feel grown-up. Ready to enjoy now.

Reviews

93 points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, January 2025. "Sturdy and supple at once with a sustained, satisfying finish."

The Vineyard

Fruit is grown across Trinity Hill's Hawke's Bay sites, including their prized Gimblett Gravels vines, where low-yielding plants on stony, free-draining soils ripen fully in the region's warm, sun-soaked climate. It is this combination of warmth and drainage that gives Hawke's Bay Merlot its plush fruit and supple structure.

About Trinity Hill

Trinity Hill was founded in 1993 as one of the early pioneers of Hawke's Bay's Gimblett Gravels, the free-draining, stony district laid down by the old Ngaruroro River and now recognised as one of New Zealand's benchmark sites for Syrah and Chardonnay. The idea was hatched over dinner at London's Bleeding Heart restaurant, and more than thirty years on the winery is known internationally for its food-friendly, terroir-driven reds and whites, led by its icon Syrah, Homage. Chief winemaker Warren Gibson has guided the cellar since 1997, a quality-over-quantity approach that has made Trinity Hill a fixture on serious restaurant lists.

Perfect with a slow-roasted beef, herb-crusted lamb, or a rich mushroom and beef pie. The plush fruit and soft tannins are made for hearty, savoury dishes.

Discover more in our Merlot and Malbec collection, or call or text Laura on 021 591 500 for a personal recommendation.