R 280.00
R 1,000.00
Shiraz 2021
Our award-winning Shiraz is bright and rich in colour with notes of red cherries, raspberries and a hint of white pepper. The tannins are ripe and rounded with silky black fruits and a savouriness on the finish. A beautiful wine to drink now but will age brilliantly over the next 10 years.
Vinification
The grapes were harvested by hand at 24 Balling in mid March. After de stalking and crushing, the juice was fermented for 10 days on the skins in stainless steel tanks at 25 to 27 C. 10% of the blend was whole bunch fermented separately and blended back to the final wine. We uses a pump over system. After malolactic fermentation, the wine was aged in wood for 16 months, using a combination of first, second and third fill French oak barrels.
Viticulture
2021 was a cool harvest season, we had average winter rainfall in 2020 and good, dry ripening conditions. The grapes for this wine came from vineyards planted in decomposed Table Mountain sandstone with clay under-layer on a north westerly slope, situated some 200m above sea level. The vines are trellised on a seven-wire trellising system. They yielded 8 tons per hectare.
