2015 Boekenhoutskloof Syrah, Stellenbosch, South AfricaABOUT THIS WINE This Syrah comes from the Porseleinberg and Goldmine Vineyards and is partially destemmed and aged 18 months in 500 and 600 liter barrels. It offers a beautiful bouquet of blueberries, violets, crushed rocks and pepper to go with a medium to full bodied, voluptuous, yet elegant style on the palate. With sweet tannin, beautiful purity of fruit, and a great finish, its another sensational Syrah from winemaker Marc Kent. Its certainly not

Fred doesn't guide the malolactic fermentation

Blend of 7 plots in the town of Chavanay

In the words of the winemaker

this perpetual cuvée of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay is an assemblage of L'Atavique 2015 and L'Atavique between 2010 and 2014

No malolactic fermentation

Grapes are handpicked

It is a 100% Merlot

“Above all

is northeast facing

The one relatively novel approach that Klaus-Peter has adopted for many of his white wines is to allow the grapes to macerate on their skins for thirty or forty hours prior to pressing them and running off the juice to fuder for fermentation

all of them located in Santiago del Teide

robustly-spiced Pinot Noir