Tokara Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch WO Reserve Collection Syrah
Sweet plum and raspberry open things up, with violet and a softly savoury cigar box note giving it a bit more depth than you might expect at first. There’s a real ease to the palate with supple fruit that just glides along before those fine, velvety tannins come in, laced with a touch of rosemary and baking spice. The kind of bottle that seems to call for five-spice duck without asking twice.
Region: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, South Africa
Appellation: Stellenbosch WO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Syrah
ABV: 13.5%
Vineyard & Vine Age: Estate-grown fruit from a single, steep, terraced block on Tokara’s most rocky slopes, planted to two clones. Hand-harvested in two passes (18 and 28 March) at optimal phenolic ripeness. Yields ~6 t/ha.
Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested into small crates and chilled overnight to ~6°C. Fermented with 30% whole bunch, the rest was destemmed and transferred to the tank without pumping. 4-day cold maceration before fermentation, with twice-daily pump-overs, délestage, and punch-downs. Extended maceration with spontaneous MLC, completed in barrel. Aged 10 months on fine lees, blended in tank, then returned to barrel for a further 11 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
CSPC: 146541
Winemakers Note:
What the Critics are saying:
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Region: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, South Africa
Appellation: Stellenbosch WO
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TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Syrah
ABV: 13.5%
Vineyard: Estate-grown fruit from a single, steep, terraced block on Tokara’s most rocky slopes, planted to two clones. Hand-harvested in two passes (18 and 28 March) at optimal phenolic ripeness. Yields ~6 t/ha.
Cellar: Grapes are hand-harvested into small crates and chilled overnight to ~6°C. Fermented with 30% whole bunch, the rest was destemmed and transferred to the tank without pumping. 4-day cold maceration before fermentation, with twice-daily pump-overs, délestage, and punch-downs. Extended maceration with spontaneous MLC, completed in barrel. Aged 10 months on fine lees, blended in tank, then returned to barrel for a further 11 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
CSPC: 146541
Winemakers Note:
What the Critics are saying:
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: South Africa
Region: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, South Africa
Appellation: Stellenbosch WO
Climate: Moderate Mediterranean
Altitude: 150-215m
Soils: Deep, red volcanic soil
Varietal/Blend: 100% Syrah
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing: Aged in old oak puncheons.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
ABV: 13.5%
Produced Cases: 50
CSPC: 146541
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
