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The 2022 Syrah from Karabib is 75% whole clusters matured for 11 months in 2,000-liter Austrian oak. This elegant...
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The 2022 Syrah from Swartland comes from mostly shale and schist soils, 25% on granite soils, using 75% whole cluster...
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This wine is from a selection of vineyards around the Swartland, combining barrels from the granite sands in the...
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Inviting aromas of plums, black cherries, blueberries and black pepper. Medium-bodied with slightly tight tannins....
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$104.94
A lovely herbal nose of rosemary, sage, pine and crushed blackberries. Full-bodied with so much to unpack. Complex,...
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Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$54.37
A lovely and inviting nose of grilled plums, black cherries and hot stones. Full-bodied with silky tannins. Juicy,...
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Mullineux Syrah 2020
750ml - Case of 6
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$39.92
Inviting aromas of plums, black cherries, blueberries and black pepper. Medium-bodied with slightly tight tannins....
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Mullineux Syrah Granite 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$94.98
The ripeness and decadence here reminds me of a top Côte-Rôtie, yet there’s purity of ripe fruit, as well as...
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Mullineux Syrah Granite 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$97.62
Starting with aromas of blackberry and black pepper and hints of smoke, the 2018 Granite Syrah offers classic and...
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Mullineux Syrah Granite 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$97.35
Opulent and charming nose, showing bramble, blackcurrant, fynbos and tea aromas with hints of saline and wild herbs...
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Mullineux Syrah Iron 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$97.35
The 2018 Syrah Iron has a high-toned nose delivering more blue fruit than the Schist Syrah, and certainly more floral...
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Mullineux Syrah Iron 2019
750ml - Case of 6
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$114.94
A beautiful, elegant red, with milled white pepper and fresh rosemary notes, which are abundantly fragrant on the...
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Mullineux Syrah Schist 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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$97.35
You can smell the schist: perfumed but sparky, packed with petrichor and potpourri. Rounded and generous, this builds...
Sherry Syrah Vernaccia South Africa Coastal Region 750ml
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.
Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.
Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.
The coastal region of South Africa is one of the most prodigious and productive wine regions on earth, and one which covers a vast distance making up for most of the tip of the African continent. The history of South African wines is a fascinating and surprisingly long one, with the very first wines in the country being produced by settlers in the 1650s, long before many other New World countries had even been discovered. Today, coastal South African wines are wildly popular around the world thanks to their big, fruity flavors and relative simplicity. Wineries in the region make the most of the hot sunshine, the high quality soils, and the brisk oceanic winds which keep disease at bay and stop the grapes from getting too hot, and produce a wide variety of wines of great distinction.