• French oak
• Blackberries
• Dried herbs
• Fine tannins

"Full, deep, inky ruby-red with a purple core, lighter on edge. The wine has intensity and breadth, packed with savoury aromas, interweave blackcurrants, blackberries, violet, underlying menthol, leather and dried herbs. Full-bodied, rich and weighty aromas of dried herbs, leather unfolds, followed by violet, blackberries, blackcurrants melded with menthol, cedar and a full, savoury closing. The wine is packed with rich features built on perfumed, fine-grained tannins; the powerful palate shows balanced floral and herb elements, lends a refined, complex, lasting finish. In its infant stage, it will reward cellaring. Match with ribeye & porcini sauce and black pudding over the next 15 years" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, Nov 2021

"Deep ruby in colour with an opaque, almost black centre. This is an impressive wine with dark aromas of blackberries, blackcurrant leaf and cedar, underpinned by fresh rosemary and almond notes. Dry, full bodied and intensely fruity in flavour; this is a great Cabernet Sauvignon from grapes grown on a block of land behind Roy’s Hill, which was initially earmarked to be the site of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Correctional Facility, hence the name Prison Block. Today this land is home to the unforgiving Cabernet Sauvignon grape clone 337, which needs intense heat to ripen and a lengthy summer. The impressive depth of flavour and layers of complexity in this wine with its ripe dark fruit and high but balanced acidity all suggest that this is a wine for the long haul. Ten to 15 years in a good cellar will see it continue to evolve and open up with increasing depth of flavour. Top marks for impressive flavours now and every indication of a wine that will stand the test of time" Joelle Thomson, 2021

A youthful, dark purple/magenta colour paves way to intense aromas of ripe blackberries and blackcurrants, complemented by a beautiful floral perfume and hints of fresh cedar, dried herbs and toast. The wine is rich and concentrated in the mouth yet retains the elegance, structure and restraint characteristic of great Cabernet Sauvignon. Ripe black fruit flavours, savoury oak, fine-grained tannins and succulent acidity combine to produce an authoritative, vibrant and textural palate with an exceptionally long finish. A quintessential Cabernet Sauvignon of power and poise that will reward cellaring for up to 15 years.

The Prison Block gets its name from a three-quarter-hectare section in their “Gimblett Stones” vineyard behind Roys Hill originally earmarked for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Correctional Facility. The Clone 337 Cabernet Sauvignon vines now planted there produce tiny berries with intense colour, concentrated/complex flavours, ripe tannins and balanced acidity; all the hallmarks necessary to produce a wine worthy of a single vineyard release.

Hand harvested fruit was destemmed to obtain 100% whole berries and transferred either to a small open-top or large closed-top fermenter. The fermenting must was either gently plunged twice or pumped over once per day to extract colour and tannin. Total time on skins ranged from 19 to 29 days before the two wines were, pressed, settled and transferred to new 225-litre French oak barriques for maturation. After 18 months the wines were racked out of barrel, filtered and bottled in November 2020 with no fining.

Trinity Hill Single Vineyard wines are crafted from small parcels chosen for their ability to best exhibit unique style and place.