Babich’s‘The Patriarch’ Red Wine Caps off a Phenomenal Year

Babich’s flagship ‘The Patriarch’ caps off a phenomenal year of local 5 Star reviews and high scores with an International Gold Medal for the 2007 vintage.

The Patriarch is a premium red wine from Hawke's Bay – made to honour the memory of the company founder and New Zealand wine industry pioneer, Josip Babich. Only the best grapes from the best vintages are used in The Patriarch – in 2007 this was heavily crop thinned Cabernet Sauvignon (49%), Malbec (29%) and Cabernet Franc (22%) from the famous Gimblett Gravels Irongate vineyard. The Patriarch is a hand made wine and only produced in small quantities

This wine was released earlier in the year and has already received the following accolades:

5 STARS -Winestate Magazine, March 2010
5 STARS, ‘CLASSIC’ -Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2011
5 STARS -Yvonne Lorkin, Hawke's Bay Today, 12 June 2010
5 STARS, 94 POINTS -Bob Campbell MW, bobswinereviews.com, July, 2010
5 STARS, 18.5 POINTS (/20) -Geoff Kelly Wine Reviews, Aug 2010
5 STARS, 95 POINTS -Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2010
5 STARS, 96 POINTS -Gourmet Traveller Magazine, Bob Campbell MW, October 2010
TOP TIP -TiZwine.com, 30 August 2010
TOP 5 (NZ Cabernet and Blends) -Cuisine Magazine, Sep 2010

The most recent result was a GOLD MEDAL (96 POINTS) at the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition. This Competition is the only truly Asian competition designed specifically for the tastes and consumption preferences of the Asian market.

With this latest result it is no wonder that China has become Babich’s largest market for this wine.

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