South African & International Fine Wine
Live Auction, 14 September 2019
Session Two
About this Item
This Syrah is sourced from six different vineyards in an attempt to represent the different terroirs of the Swartland.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'Restrained & moderation triumph over excess in impressive 10, our Red Wine of the Year. Understated elegance, faultless composition & balance, mystifying complexity from back-to-basics treatment of special vineyard blocks. An icon in the making.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2013, 5*
'100% Syrah. Winemaker: Andrea Mullineux, age 33. A tantalising wine on the nose - not giving much away but suggesting a good deal. Light notes of dark fruit and liquorice. Then on the palate, that coal-like dark texture that I associate with vines on granite, giving a dry finesse and fresh length. So refined - tannins are fine but slide over the palate. All so restrained and elegant. Definitely northern Rhône in style. GV.' - Julia Harding MW17+/20, JancisRobinson.com (2013)