Grape Varieties: 100% Syrah
Estate Wine
W.O. Stellenbosch
Our Estate Vineyard Syrah is a typical expression of Stellenbosch, and owner Jean Engelbrecht’s favourite variety. Chosen in 2016 as one of Wine Spectator’s top 100 wines in the world.
Vineyard
Grapes for this wine come from 7 hectares of vineyard planted on the Rust en Vrede Estate.
Ageing
18 months in 100% 500L French oak barrels, using 20% new oak.
Tasting Notes
Fragrant blueberry, red cherry, and a hint of floral perfume open up to reveal fresh plum with layered sweet and savoury spices. The complex fruit flavours follow on the palate with fine but grippy tannins and a fresh fruity acidity. Typical spiciness is layered and complex - cardamom, fennel, black pepper, nutmeg and clove, with the delicate use of oak complimenting the spiciness. Refined yet powerful with a lingering fruity finish.

Coastal Region - Zuid-Afrika
druif : Shiraz
rijping  : 20 maanden in Franse Allier eik ( 35% nieuw, 65% vaten van 1 jaar)

tasting notes
The soft textured tannins, full-bodied mouthfeel and silken finish lends itself as a platform to
heady mix of red berry and black fruit flavours combined with floral notes and fynbos
nuances.

The Proprietors blend is once again impressive and serious in 2016.
Medium to full-bodied, it is strewn with black fruits, exotic spice and chards of dark chocolate. Sweet spicy oak melts into a dense, powerfully-fruited and structured core. The majority Cabernet Sauvignon gives a cassis purity and salty edge, while the Shiraz component adds a meaty, savoury and spicy edge.
The blend is rounded off by the remaining Bordeaux cultivars in a complexity explosion from start to finish. It is exquisitely textured and finely tuned, the 2016 will open up over the next 5 years and age for a decade or more.
5 sterren in de Platter's Guide = maximum