Red · Syrah / Mourvèdre / Viognier (5% co-fermented)
Helshoogte Syrah
Vintage 2020
Northern-Rhône inspired, made in the southern Cape.
Inspired by the wines of the northern Rhône, where Syrah is most often blended with a small fraction of Viognier and co-fermented for lift and aromatic complexity. We picked our Syrah on the morning of our Viognier and threw them in the tank together.
Forty percent whole-bunch fermentation, gentle extraction, twenty months in old 500-litre French oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. A floral, savoury, peppery Syrah for cool winter evenings and the years that follow.
Tasting notes
Violets, white pepper, blueberry, smoked meat. Fine grained tannins, lively acidity, a long perfumed finish.
Technical sheet
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Residual sugar
- 2.5 g/L
- Total acidity
- 6.0 g/L
- pH
- 3.48
- Oak
- 20 months, 500L French oak, 15% new
- Production
- 3,800 bottles
- Ageing potential
- Drink now to 2034
- Closure
- Natural cork
What to drink it with
Roast lamb with rosemary. Aged hard cheese. A cold evening, a good fire.
What people have said
- Platter's 5-star (2024)
- Tim Atkin MW: 94 points, "a benchmark for cool-climate Cape Syrah"
- Winemag.co.za Cape Syrah Top 5, 2023
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