Known Unknown Pakipaki Syrah 2021

Grown organically in Pakipaki just South of Havelock North grown on limestone and Pakipaki silt-loam so unusual for a NZ Syrah in that it isn't grown on gravel. Whole bunch fermented for 30 days and aged in seasoned oak for a year (2/3) and stainless steel. Lots of acid from the limestone with taut plum and raspberry with a musky, spicy aromatic profile. It's a rich but fresh, serious expression of Hawkes Bay Syrah and is bottled unfiltered and unfined with a minimal sulphur addition (25ppm).

The Producer

Wine can be fun!

We make fruit-forward, fun, bright and expressive wine in our urban winery in New Plymouth, Taranaki.

Made by our winemaker Jules van Costello, Known Unknown wine and cider is all about exploration and innovation.

Our philosophy

The world of wine can be exclusive and elitist, however, as an urban winery we are dedicated to changing that. We want to make wine fun, approachable, accessible, and transparent.

When you visit our wine room, you are also visiting the winery where the wine was made. There are no secrets at Known Unknown.

We look outside the wine world in terms of how we make and sell wine because it pushes the boundaries and pushes us forward. We are influenced by art, design, music and food and thrive on collaborating across disciplines.

Most importantly, our wines are fruit-forward, fun, bright and expressive.

Our winemaking

We make natural and lo-fi wine and cider.

We strive to work with organically grown fruit and process the fruit intuitively without added yeast, mechanical intervention (other than a pump), fining or filtration, and bottle with only minimal added sulfur. We believe this is the best way to express the purity and personality of the fruit we work with.

When we do experiment, we’re led by the fruit itself and seek to express it in a new context rather than impose our own will.