Neil Ellis

Groenekloof Syrah

Syrah/Shiraz Blend from Swartland, South Africa

R189

Bottle size:

750 ml

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CPT: 41 JHB: 35

An elegant Syrah with a vibrant colour. The nose has hints of raspberries with contributing perfumed aromas of violets. The palate is juicy with red cherries, and spicy peppery notes lingering in the background. The palate is well balanced and fresh, framed by fine smooth tannins.

Violet

Cherries

Raspberry

Pepper

Sourced from low yielding bush vines with no supplementary irrigation. The soils consist of decomposed granite and clay allowing for good physical properties like water retention. 2022 was slightly warmer than the cool 2021 vintage, the vines received sufficient rain from budburst to veraison. Harvest commenced on the 2nd of March and carried through to the 11th of March. Grapes were harvested between 24 and 25°B with a total acid of 6.5-7 g/l and a pH of 3.4.

Neil Ellis

In 1984 Neil Ellis sourced grapes from vineyards not of his own and produced wine in rented cellar space. These grapes were sourced in the Stellenbosch district and meant a lot of nosing around the restrictive quota system prevalent at the time. His vision the pursuit of quality extended out of the cellar and into the vineyards where varieties would excel and best express a particular style of wine reflective of their environment. Today the experience and knowledge of the past are applied to modern techniques and technologies for a new generation of winemaking. “Our vision remains to make distinctive refined wines that are expressive of their terrain and rank amongst South Africa’s finest. A pursuit of quality nothing less.” Neil Ellis