Minimalist Wines No Place Like Home Syrah 2021
Vineyards
“Not all magic is amongst the Stars in the Dark. It is also in the soils at our feet.”
The grapes all come from Niemandsrivier, a beautiful 3 hectare vineyard in South Africa’s coolest viticultural climate, Elgin. We lease these vines from Johan and Milanie Vosloo and farm them ourselves. Planted in 2006, the parcel features three clones (SH9c, SH21 and SH22) on a geographically complex mix of Sandstone and Shale soils and is the perfect canvas to produce fine wines.The vines lie on a plateau at 200m above sea level, influenced by maritime winds off the Cold Atlantic Ocean just 10km away.
Winemaking and Maturation
We harvest in the cool, early hours of the morning, into 14kg Lug boxes and transport grapes back to the cellar in refrigerated trucks where they are allowed to cool overnight. After gentle foot-stomping and crushing (one third whole-bunch for this vintage), natural fermentation gets underway, at its own pace, in a combination of open and closed fermenters. Once complete, we macerate gently with a single, daily pumpover/punchdown.
Tasting Notes
Technical Details
Composition: Syrah
Alc: 14%
