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Trizanne Signature Wines

2018

Sondagskloof

Syrah   |   Sondagskloof - South Africa
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About

Every now and then you come across a vineyard that sparks inspiration to do something completely different than what you’ve been ‘trained’ to do and have been comfortable making. This is exactly what happened during the particular mission when Trizanne came across the Sondagskloof Ward, close to Stanford. She was already producing a Swartland Syrah, which brought a full and fruit-driven style as well as the cool-climate, oceanic influenced, peppery Elim Syrah so adding another horse to the stable seemed like the right move. Sondagkloof has the cool-climate influence from the nearby sea coupled with a rocky, hillside planting bringing intensity to the fruit through free-draining soils. The resulting wine is a bit of the best of experimentation and site for Trizanne.

The grapes were hand picked and destemmed, but left largely intact, then fermented without any additions outdoors in two small, open-top stainless steel tanks. Punchdowns occurred 2-3 times a day to get a fair bit of needed extraction until the wine went dry and then it was left a little over a week post-fermentation on the skins. The lots were then basket-pressed straight to old French 300L barrels where the wine naturally went through malolactic fermentation and matured for 16 months with only one small sulfur addition halfway throughout its resting period. It was then bottled in July 2019 without fining or filtration and a small hit of sulfur.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Syrah
  • Vineyard: Single vineyard in Sondagskloof
  • Vine Age: 21-years-old
  • Soil Type: Quartz riddled limestone over granitic loamy clay
  • Viticulture: Sustainable
  • Fermentation: Native – open-top stainless-steel (100% destemmed)
  • Skin Contact: 15 days
  • Aging: 16 months in 3-5-year-old French 300L hogsheads
  • Alcohol: 13.5%
  • pH: 3.43
  • Total Acidity: 6 g/L
  • Total SO2: 77 ppm
  • Total Production: 79 cases
  • UPC: 6009900041506

Tasting Note

Red and black berries, a brush of vanilla plus subtle notes of white pepper, lilies and fynbos. Full bodied and smooth-textured, this has good fruit definition, quite gentle acidity and a gently savory finish.

Press & Reviews

Platter's Guide

93

"From maritime Sunday’s Glen ward near Stanford. Minimal intervention & old-oak maturation highlight 2018’s pure black & red fruit. Neat & compact, less aromatic complexity than Reserve, but no less stylish."
- Fiona McDonald

Tim Atkin, MW

92

"From maritime Sunday’s Glen ward near Stanford. Minimal intervention & old-oak maturation highlight 2018’s pure black & red fruit. Neat & compact, less aromatic complexity than Reserve, but no less stylish."
- Tim Atkin, MW

The WineMag

92

"Matured for 16 months in French oak. Red and black berries, a brush of vanilla plus subtle notes of white pepper, lilies and fynbos. Full bodied and smooth-textured, this has good fruit definition, quite gentle acidity and a gently savoury finish."
- Christian Eedes

Producer


Trizanne Signature Wines

Region


Sondagskloof

Country


South Africa

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