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Frenchmans Hill Blood Creek 8 Gift Box

  • Bordeaux Blend Gift Box
  • New Zealand, 750ml
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"This wine is dark, fresh and full-bodied, with dense, ripe blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, good tannin backbone, and impressive power through the palate.” Michael Cooper

  • Winery: Frenchman’s Hill
  • Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon 36%, Merlot 17%, Petit Verdot 15.5%, Cabernet Franc 8.5%, Tannat 8.5%, Syrah 8%, Viognier 3.5%, Kolor 3%.
  • Region: Waiheke Island, New Zealand
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Alcohol: 14%
  • Volume: 750ml
  • Closure: Cork
  • Food match: Lamb roast, beef, game meat, pork & pepperoni; tuna & salmon; pizza; BBQ & heavy red sauces; bleu-veined cheeses

Premium Packaging is charged separately and for convenience is automatically added to Your Cart (can be removed at checkout).

You can leave a personal message for the receiver at checkout and we will print it out onto a branded card and include inside the box.

Don't forget you can pick & mix your own gift box or add to this gift box if you wish. Simply add the wines and/or spirits you want included in your gift box to your Cart and we'll do the rest.

Frenchman’s Hill  is owned by Luc and Anna Desbonnets and is situated on the sheltered northern slopes, above the Putiki Estuary, on the western head of Onetangi Valley.  The property has 12 acres of north facing slope vineyard, olive groves and wetlands.

After 25 years working globally in viticulture and winemaking, Kiwi/Frenchman Luc Desbonnets with his wife Anna returned to New Zealand and relocated to Waiheke Island in 2000 to produce their own wines under the Frenchman’s Hill Label and Frenchman’s Hill olive oil.   Anna, an interior designer also designs her own handicrafts and art works, which are shown in various areas of the 12 acre property.

In 2005 Luc acquired “the perfect red wine site…” now known as Frenchmans Hill Estate. In 2006 he planted his vineyard upon it’s steep northern, sheltered slopes, “The 8 Vineyard”, a careful selection of 8 red grape varieties with his vision of two wines, a Syrah and a unique blended red.

The 8 Vineyard at Frenchmans Hill Estate was named primarily after the eight varieties planted upon it. The figure 8 is also a continuum representing the continuous annual cycle of the vines…each full figure eight results in a fantastic vintage wine!! The vineyard is set up with the number 8 as its guide i.e. 8 vines between each post, 8 rows under each net, 8 vats made from each vintage…..a little superstition from our winemaker whose key focus is TERROIR = vines + soil + climate + man.

The 8 vine varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Tannat, Viognier and Kolor.

Frenchman’s Hill are ultra premium style wines particularly where the correct grape varietal/clone selections are matched to favourable sites.  Each of the varietals has been carefully planned and thought out 

  • 95/100 Points - Bob Campbell MW (2014 vintage)
  • 94/100 Points - Cameron Douglas MS (2014 vintage)
  • 5 stars Points - Michael Cooper (2014 vintage)
  • 95/100 Points - Bob Campbell MW (2013 vintage)
  • 5 Stars - Michael Cooper (2013 vintage)
  • 95/100 Points – Cameron Douglas MS (2013 vintage)

     


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