Strandveld Vineyards Syrah 750ml -SA

Strandveld Vineyards Syrah is a full-bodied wine with red berry, cloves and black pepper aromas. Rich palate with firm tannins, backed by well-integrated oak and layered with intense black berry fruit flabours. A serious Shiraz that is big in structure.

Strandveld Vineyards Syrah Food Pairing

Enjoy with dishes such as roast beef, duck and venison.

Ageing

The wine was barrel matured for 18 months in 30% new French oak barrels with only selected barrels chosen for the final blend.

In the cellar

After destalking and minimal crushing of the berries, they were left to cold soak for 48 hours. Fermentation with selected Rhone yeast strains was temperature controlled at 22-2C. Pump overs were effected twice daily.

In the vineyard

The summer of 2018 was the driest in 50 years. So much so that we saw most of our wetland vlei areas in the Agulhas Plain dry up completely. It was like living in a strange new world walking over dry, cracked mud in a vlei that is normally the home of the Hippo pod. The winter started late at the end of May and it was only towards the end of September that we saw the wetlands full of water again. The normal cool, dry, windy Spring conditions that we are so famous for resulted in a small but healthy crop. The rest of the growing season was moderate with a cool, dry January and February. The only significant rain during harvest was towards the middle of March, 55mm, and by then most of our grapes were safely in the cellar.

Strandveld Vineyards

Nestled between Elim and Cape Agulhas and just 9km from the sea lies the secluded Strandveld Vineyards.
This wind-swept winery derives its name from the belt of land which spans the tempestuous tip of Africa’s southernmost coastline. At almost 35 degrees below the equator this part of our fair Cape is characterised by severe winds billowing mist and below average temperatures. A unique combination of maritime climate alternating sites and diverse soil types work together to create the terroir which distinguishes the wines of Strandveld Vineyards.

It was in 1488 that Bartholomeu Diaz and his team of Portuguese sailors first laid eyes on this corner of the continent. Centuries later similarly intrepid explorers in their infinite wisdom realised the potential such a richness of environment could produce. Inspired by these individuals it was in 2001 that a group of enthusiastic wine lovers turned to the original navigation maps to seek out potential new vineyard sites equally undeterred by the fierce storms and blustering gales that now give rise to the characteristic grapes and consequentially distinctive Strandveld Vineyards wines.