Graft, Syrah, 2023

Name: Graft, Syrah
Brand: Lukas Van Loggerenberg
Price: 39.59 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

Lucid, limpid, cherry red and a wine in which you can almost see and feel the ocean. Clear-cut notes of raspberry and violet with a tense, crisp bouquet betraying notes of white pepper and fine earth. The move to greater proportions of concrete continues, this year to the tune of 82%, the remainder in second fill French barrique. A steep, (cold) southeast facing slope at 300m, Lukas aims for a Syrah style that blends Cote Rotie with his beloved Polkadraii Hills. Fermented with 100% whole cluster, this is one of South Africa’s most consistently brilliant Syrahs

critic reviews

96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Graft is pure Syrah that was picked three days before the harvest deluge. Hailing from south-facing vines in Polkadraai, it was 100% whole-bunch-fermented with 17-20 days on the skins, then aged 80% in concrete and 20% used barriques. Like the previous vintage, this has an arresting bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, seaweed, bergamot and an antique vase of roses. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, quite structured and certainly very linear. Just like a fine Côte-Rôtie, it’s saline on the finish with peppercorns on the aftertaste—for serious Syrah lovers.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2050

date of review 09/2024