Syrah, 2022
The second vintage. After building a reputation as one of the Cape’s best Syrah producers through his Ava and Red bottlings, this straight Syrah is Donovan’s way of meeting the demand for his wines. The 2022 saw 100% whole cluster fermentation and ageing exclusively in concrete. Juicy and moreish, super fresh and perfumed this is a delicious Syrah for everyday drinking. In the coming years, Donovan plans to establish a cover crop programme here to improve the health of the soil and grow yields from their current base of just 7.5hl/ha!
critic reviews
Red-fruited and mineral driven, with sausagey and meaty tones, the 2022 Syrah offers a delightful petrichor note with wild herbs and red peppercorn. Light to medium-bodied and clocking in at 12.5% alcohol, without being underripe, the wine is brilliantly expressive yet still tight, presenting with plenty of meaty and rotundone expressions before elegant acidity and firm, age-worthy, fine-grained tannins express across the mid-palate. Don't be hasty; give it a couple more years in the bottle and reward your future self. It's a brilliant and complex wine that has me returning for second and third sips, even though it's still incredibly young. I cannot wait to retry this in a couple of years.
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