Syrah

The 2021 Syrah is a brilliant iteration of this legendary wine from Boekenhoutskloof. This outstanding vintage has resulted in a wine that has delicacy and focus, but also incredible structure. Notes of violet and dark fruit, and lots of energy on the finish. Spectacular.

Quickly gaining cult status, this is a spicy, peppery, elegant style of Syrah with an almost ethereal lift. Focus and supple on the palate with notes of wild herbs, iris, blood orange, and black cherry it offers just a little ferrous twist on the finish. Extremely fine.

From Sandstone soils, as the name suggests, this is a Syrah that's all about perfume and energy, with lots of elegant fruit and long a finessed finish. Charming, approachable, but with the possibility of ageing brilliantly, too.

A tiny production Syrah, made with 100% whole bunch, this is peppery and red fruited, with lots of energy and also a real sense of purity. There are notes of graphite and plenty of floral top notes. A bargain, and delicious to drink.

This has more intensity and up front fruit than the 2017 at the same stage. There’s really crunchy berries here, notes of pepper spice, and then also a lot of fynbos and spicy complexity. Such a brilliant Syrah for the price.

Using 50% whole bunch fruit, this is a spicy, finessed style of Syrah from the shale slopes of Samantha O’Keefe’s Greyton vineyards. Linear on the palate, there are flavours of hedgerow fruit, wild cherry and wild thyme. The tannins are fine grained, with a powdery texture and the finish is brilliantly pure with a peppery lift.

Sourced from three cool climate, low-altitude Syrah parcels (50m-80m above sea level), just 8km from the blustery Agulhas coast this vintage sees around 35% whole clusters. This is a saline, briary style of Syrah which shows so much freshness and energy. Peppery notes of juniper, dried sage, and iris mingle with the red and black cherry fruit with a saline, iodine edged finish.

A true cool-climate Syrah coming from one of South Africa’s coolest growing regions. The wine has notes of wild herbs, woodland fruit, with pepper and liquorice root. There is freshness and focus here with a wonderful grip of tannins creating tension through the mid-palate. The finish is very long with notes of kelp and tapenade.

A blend of fruit from three sources: 63% Elgin, 30% Polkadraai Hills, 7% Cape Agulhas. The Elgin fruit is largely destemmed, Cape Agulhus using two third whole bunch and the Stellenbosch fruit fermented fully as whole bunches. The resulting wine is fragrant and fresh, notes of juniper and white pepper with fine red and black hedgerow fruit. The tannins are fine-grained and supple with an enticing briny finish.

A true classic, this is a spicy Syrah with notes of violets, iris, bramble fruit. There is a seamless feel to the fruit coating the detailed, and sinewy tannin ending with a beautiful peppery lift.

Always the more dense of the three single vineyard Syrahs, the wine brims with flavours of dark plum, wild blueberry and hints of tomato leaf and charcuterie. Supple, chalky tannins add structure, and the finish is extremely long and detailed.

A classic schist Syrah that is not dissimilar to the best of Côte Rôtie. The aromas show hints of bergamot orange, fresh iris and violets and nutmeg spice. The palate is so harmonious and seamless with finely etched tannins clothed in vibrant hedgerow fruit. A stunner this vintage.

From Jakkalsfontein farm, this Syrah offers a delicate floral nose of violets, juniper, cherry blossom. This follow through with red berry compote on the palate and a stony minerality on the finish.

The 2022 Porseleinberg opens slowly, gradually, from the glass. A wine not to rush. Clearly a wine drawn up from below, it shows a persistent, mineral-etched focused. White pepper, wild herbs, subtle dark berry fruits and black tea mingle together. With air, the floral elements take flight giving violets, iris, and even dried lavender. The tannins are clothed in fruit but offer sinewy grip with accents of fresh earth and a ferrous, sanguine note. The wine is fermented and aged in foudres and 15% concrete with around 95% whole bunches. A profound Porseleinberg.

100% whole bunch fermented, this is the most serious of the Syrahs from the Rall range. Dried thyme, black pepper, with compact bramble and black cherry fruit on the palate there is a note of iris and oyster shell here too. The finish is supple and extremely long with an accent of black olive tapenade.

One of the best value Syrahs in our range, the 2023 is a continuation of the brilliant form in the 2021 and 2022. The essence of Syrah here with violets, purple fruit, black pepper, with fleshy plum notes on the palate while, all the time, remaining fresh and elegant.

A brilliant, vibrant Syrah giving notes of black tea, violets and bramble fruit. Everything you could hope for in a Syrah, with black pepper notes, liquorice and black cherry on the finish. This is one to stock up on.

A fleshy, spicy red with brooding red and black cherry fruit, tapenade, fresh earth and black tea. This has a dense mid-palate, shimmering with energy and ferrous notes with a little liquorice. A very long, supple finish.

From Klein River this is a cool climate Syrah grown on shale soils. The resulting wine shows vibrant red and black fruits complimented by a meaty, herbal character, with lots of spice and bitter chocolate notes.

A cool climate Syrah, from five parcels throughout Elgin. Clearly on the red-fruited side of the spectrum it has wonderful freshness and energy with flavours of red cherry and wild strawberries. The finish shows some powdery textured tannin with a little dried thyme and white pepper.

From a single parcel in the northern part of Elgin the 9c clone is known to produce Syrah that is delicately scented and floral. The wine is medium bodied with notes of white pepper and lavender. The palate delivers flavours of plum and black cherry with real freshness on the finish.

From the northern part of Elgin on shale soils that lie over clay. The wine shows intense black plum and bramble fruit, with black pepper and some subtle charcuterie notes. Fine grained, powdery tannins with crushed iris lingers on the finish.

90% whole bunch fermented this is a wonderfully expressive Syrah giving notes of tapenade, fresh earthy, grilled meat, as well as iris and liquorice root. The fruit has a seamless quality with a sinewy, supple feel to the tannins that ends with a peppery lift.

Made in the cellars of Duncan Savage by a future star of the South African wine industry, this is a beautifully floral Syrah with aromas of wild red berries, violets, and pink peppercorn. Cherry and bramble fruit on the palate with real charm and lovely freshness. Made in tiny quantities.