Stark-condé Wines

Petite Sirah

Name: Petite Sirah
Brand: Stark-condé Wines
Price: 220 ZAR
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 92 (1 reviews)

Petite Syrah from Stellenbosch, South Africa

R220

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Petite Sirah is known for its intense colour ad flavour as well as tannin. It seems to ripen well in Stellenbosch conditions with excellent natural acidity and relatively low pH. Because it has a lot of tannin, the wines need soft handling in the cellar and also fairly oxidative handling when young. The 2019 was the fifth year of our ongoing drought, but paradoxically it was not a particularly warm growing season with no really severe heat spikes. The yields were extremely low with good fruit quality. Because of the low pH and firm tannin that is inherent in this variety, the wines should age well with careful cellaring. When young they can greatly benefit from decanting.

Blueberry

Blackberry

Plum

Earthiness

The grapes were harvested in early March into small lug boxes and then cooled overnight before de-stemming and crushing into open fermentation tanks. We did very gentle pump-overs 2 times a day and then pressed at 5°B and finished the wine off the skins to minimize the extraction of harsher tannins. Just before dryness, it was pressed and finished off in small oak. A range of oak was used, 15% new, mainly French, but also about 10% American oak.

Stark-condé Wines

Stark-Condé Wines is located in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch. It is a dramatic valley with steep changes in vineyard elevation from 150 to 600 metres making for a range of sites with distinct characteristics. At Stark-Condé they stick to traditional winemaking methods: open tank fermentation meticulous sorting of grapes hand-punchdowns basket pressing and maturation in small French oak barrels.