Syrah The Firs Vineyard
Craven Wines
Craven Wines
Syrah The Firs Vineyard
From Stellenbosch's Devon Valley, and its iron rich clay soils at 300m, this clone S22 syrah was planted in 2002. Unlike Jeanine and Mick's other reds, syrah is always entirely whole bunch. This rested with skins for 9 days, before moving into open top stainless bins for foot trodding and native ferment. It then spends 10ish months in old 500L barrels (soon to be concrete). Wild black raspberry, dusky black plum, medicinal black cherry is woven with cracked pepper, and wrapped with finely sticky tannins through a saline washed finish. Somewhat an outsider in their portfolio, yet feels entirely Craven. Looking forward to seeing what the concrete adds to this in future.
“From a Devon Valley vineyard on clay-rich soils. 100% whole-bunch fermentation. The nose is wild and arresting with notes of red and black berries, lilies, pepper, fynbos and earth while the palate has good fruit density, lively acidity and rather severe tannins. This is intensely flavoured and has plenty of crunch but needs a year or so to settle down.” - 93 points, Christian Eedes, WineMag.co.za, March 17, 2022.
Vintage: 2021
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $45
Style: Still
Region: Western Cape
Appellation: WO Stellenbosch
Country: South Africa
Grape: Syrah
Colour: Red
Vegan: Yes
Organic: Yes
Biodynamic: No
Natural: Yes
Low Intervention: Yes
