Church Road Hawkes Bay Syrah. Church Road has firmly cemented itself as one of Hawke’s Bay’s top producers vis a vis with the first three releases of Syrah, labelled Church Road Reserve, being awarded the top wine in Cuisine magazine’s NZ Syrah tasting for the 2006 vintage, top wine at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards for the 2007 vintage and an Elite Gold at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards for the 2008 vintage. 2009 is the first vintage released under the Church Road label and it has recently been awarded the Champion Syrah, Best Sustainable Wine of Show and Champion Wine of Show at the Hawke's Bay Mercedes Benz A&P Wine Awards 2010 - and also a gold medal at the 2010 Air NZ Wine Awards. This wine displays all the fragrance and ripeness of the Reserve wines but with a soft and gentle palate texture, making it more approachable as a young wine.