Tasting Notes:

This wine displays a beautiful, dark, inky colour. Powerfully perfumed with sweet fruits, thyme, vanilla, fennel and violets. There is a silky, soft feel and glossy texture on the pallet that combine flavours of currents, white pepper and ethereal spice. Rich, lingering fruit and a long, pleasant finish.

The grapes were picked fully ripe.

After harvesting the grapes were crushed together with the Viognier and co-fermented. Fermented at about 25° C for 1 week. No extended skin contact. Malolactic fermentation took place in barrel. The wine was then racked off malolactic lees and then matured in 95% French oak, 5% American oak for 13 months. The new wood component was 45%.

Alcohol : 15 %vol

pH : 3.52

RS : 2.6 g/l

Total Acid : 5.6 g/l

Volatile Acid: 0.51 g/l

Appellation: Franschhoek

Herbae (Herbs)

A Shiraz/Viognier blend is known to create powerfully perfumed aromas of fennel, thyme, rosemary, violet and oregano, much like one would experience whilst strolling through a herb garden.