syrah sheltering sky cape winemakers guild

Lismore Estate

Syrah, Sheltering Sky, Cape Winemakers Guild, 2020

Name: Syrah, Sheltering Sky, Cape Winemakers Guild
Brand: Lismore Estate
Price: 604.73 GBP

95+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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all 2020

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2020
75cl
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£100.79
2020
6x75cl
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£604.73

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

An iron-rich single vineyard in Elgin, unusual in an area dominated by shale, Lismore’s Sheltering Sky is a highly distinctive and complex Syrah, certainly one of the finest (and most sought after) South Africa has to offer. Dark berries, red plums, blood orange, violets and salt lead in to a fresh herb and pepper-laced palate, with a cool, firm tannic backbone, crisp acidity and long, focused finish. Fermented with 100% whole bunches and aged in 25% new 500L barrels for a year. Just 44 cases were submitted to the auction.

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

95+/100

Anthony Mueller,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Magenta at its rim, the 2020 The Sheltering Sky Syrah is epic on the nose with a floral and spicy peppercorn essence and notions of savory charcuterie, spiced plum and cassis. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is delicate yet elegant with hints of smoke-cured meats, cherry compote and floral essence of lavender and violet before silky tannins grip the gumline. The complex wine summersaults to an unwinding finish that reveals a delightful, gorgeous, age-worthy and food-friendly Syrah. Just try to keep your hands off of it. I dare you; it's devastatingly beautiful and should fetch a pretty penny at auction.

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date of review 09/2022

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.