Keermont Syrah 2021
Keermont Syrah 2021 has a bright red colour with a lighter hue. The bouquet is enticing with strawberries and other red fruit and notes of sandal wood, tea leaf, cloves, and orange rind. The wine has a gentle entry onto the palate. It opens up with vibrant flavours cherry and raspberry complimented by savoury spice and a herbal note. A velvety, but tight tannin structure and good natural acid keep the flavours focussed into a tidy succulent finish.
KEERMONT SYRAH is a blend of three different Syrah vineyard sites growing on Keermont Vineyards:
Steepside Syrah: Growing on a North facing slope in deep, red clay-rich soils; this vineyard generally produces softer full bodied wines with rich, spicy flavours.
Topside Syrah: An unirrigated west facing vineyard planted at 400m above sea level on rocky sandstone-based soil. Topside Syrah is usually an aromatic wine with a solid structure and high natural acid.
Sweetwater Syrah: Situated in a rocky valley below the Fleurfontein spring, this is the coolest of the three Syrah sites and ripens the latest. Sweetwater Syrah is normally lighter and elegant in style with a herbal aroma.
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SKU: KEE_002 Alcohol Volume: 14.50% Sugar: 2.0 g/l
All grapes used in producing our wines are grown on Keermont Vineyards. Small parcels of grapes are specifically selected according to ripeness, harvested by hand and vinified separately. This process is carried out gently and naturally in open top fermenters using traditional methods only. This wine spent 20 months maturing in seasoned 500 and 225 Litre French oak barrels before being bottled by hand on 19 November 2021. We produced 3359 bottles and 100 magnums.
Winter temperatures at the start of the 2020 vintage were moderate with below average rainfall. Fortunately, we had a wet spring which prompted the vines to grow strongly and develop a decent size crop. Early season was marked by fairly erratic temperatures with several heat spikes. These factors made farming quite tough with increased pressure from disease and insects and the vineyard team worked hard to prepare a good looking crop.
Mid-summer temperatures were fairly moderate although we did experience a short heat wave in January. This was followed by a gale force South-East wind which hammered the vineyards. The light crop ripened quickly and, although we started picking at a fairly normal time, by 10 March we had picked all of the grapes for our wines.
91 pts TIM ATKIN (MW)
92 pts NEAL MARTIN (Vinous)
Keermont Vineyards is a family owned estate situated in the natural amphitheatre between the Stellenbosch and Helderberg mountain ranges. All our wines are grown, produced and bottled at Keermont. Mark and Monica bought the 160 hectare farm in 2003 and with our winemaker Alex, grew the 8 hectares of vines to the 29 hectares we use today, growing 13 different cultivars. We like to keep things as natural as possible. All our vineyards are surrounded by indigenous fynbos and we aim to grow and make wines that reflect our beautiful terroir. Keermont is a magic place to make wine!
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