Deep garnet red. Dark chocolate, cinnamon, and black currant. Intense, full-bodied wine packed with ripe plum and rich chocolate flavors.
Style: Balanced, Bold, Complex, Full-bodied
Flavors: Black Currant, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Currant, Dark Chocolate
Pairs with: Cheese, Cheddar, Gruyere, Poultry and Pork, Red Meat
Recipes to prepare with this wine:
Details:
Alcohol: 15.5%
Acid: 5.6
PH: 3.69
Sugar: 3.3
Aging: Each Shiraz clone (6) sees a unique treatment of yeast and wood. Matured fifty percent in new French oak and fifty percent American oak (half new and half second fill), the wood maturation lasts 18 months. After blending the different Shiraz clones, the w
Fermentation: Harvested at 75°F, the Shiraz is fermentedin open tank fermentors and pumped over five times per day. Each Shiraz clone sees a unique treatment of yeast and wood.
Production Notes: Rust en Vrede, the first South African estate to specialize exclusively in red wine, produces wines that express the uniqueness of the Stellenbosch terroir. The Shiraz is an intense, full-bodied red wine. The well rounded tannins of this wine end with a pleasant, long and lingering finish.
Reviews for other vintages
vintage: 2004
90
Wine Enthusiast,
Sep. 2008
By Susan Kostrzewa
Muscular spice, deep red berry and blackberry and sturdy tannins give this strength and elegance. The fruit is assertive and delicious, the mouthful fresh and the finish lingering. Could use a few years of aging for extra character, but today, a robust and stylish choice.
vintage: 2004
90
Wine Spectator Insider,
Mar. 2008
By James Molesworth
This Syrah has a slightly rugged feel for now, with a strong briary undertow to the black currant, fig cake, licorice root and Turkish coffee hints, but there's plenty of density and flesh pumping through the finish. Cellar short-term to let it round into form.
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