Tasting note
Slow-ripening old-vine Syrah, cooled by sea breezes, spilling over with blueberry, blackberry and plums, with that signature Syrah pepper fragrance on the nose.
Viticulture
Winds at flowering reduce the crop by up to 30% resulting in concentrated flavours and together with longer ripening, produces a seamless and elegant expression of Syrah.
Vinification
Cold maceration of 10 days at under 10ºC followed by a short hot fermentation (3 days) before pressing. About a third of the wine underwent carbonic maceration so as to enhance the finer nuances of our Pinotage. Bottled after 24 months in 225L 2nd 3rd and 4th fill French oak barrels
Food Match
Venison carpaccio and hearty meat dishes.