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Syrah 'Granite', Mullineux 2023
Syrah 'Granite', Mullineux 2023
SKU:ZA-MUL-21-23
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DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
• 100% Syrah • Sourced from Jakkalsfontein, a single vineyard planted in the decomposed Granitic soils of the Paardeberg • Hand harvested on a cool early morning picking and transferred into 500L French oak open-top fermenters, whole-bunched • Once crushed by foot, the indigenous fermentation process started and very gentle extraction was achieved by doing punch-downs by hand • 3 week skin contact before being gravitationally drained and then pressed back into the same vessels for malolactic fermentation and further maturation • Aged for 12 months in French oak 500L barrels of which 50% was new, followed by 10 months in 2000L Foudre • Once bottled, the wine was aged for another 8 months before release
