Vineyard Selection Syrah 2022

Kleine Zalze, fact sheet (kleinezalze.co.za – linket fra kleinezalze.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2022 Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Syrah – område: Stellenbosch (arket: «Stellenbosch»); druer: Syrah; alkohol 14%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Viticulture: The fruit for this wine was sourced from our own vineyards with a few selected parcels from other Stellenbosch blocks. Most of these vineyards are grown on shale-rich soils, exceptionally well-suited to producing quality Syrah. Due to a cool, wet spring in 2021, budding was seven to 14 days later than usual, but consistently good and even. The viticulturalists had to apply careful crop control and patiently wait for grapes to achieve optimal ripeness. The prolonged ripening meant the grapes had an intense concentration of flavours at harvest time, promising great wines with excellent aging potential. Vinification: All the vineyard blocks were harvested and vinified separately. During fermentation the juice was pumped over regularly for optimum colour and flavour extraction. After fermentation, only the free-run wine was transferred to barrel for malolactic fermentation. The wine was matured for 18 months in a combination of first (30%), second (30%) and third fill (40%) 300L French oak barrels before the various components were blended and prepared for bottling.