Estate Reserve Syrah

Serve with rare fillet, smokey dishes and medium weight meats like ostrich or game.  

Tucked into the foothills of a dramatic mountain range at the bottom of Africa is Lismore Estate Vineyards. Californian Samantha O'Keefe has found paradise and the perfect terroir. Her passion combined with vines planted at 300 meters chilled by the winter snow and nourished by the African summer sun produce classic cool climate wines which are rich complex and lovingly hand crafted.

The Syrah is planted in heavy decomposed shale soils with no irrigation. One of the coolest climates in in South Africa with extreme diurnal temperature shifts presents us with a Syrah that has a very distinct sense of place. One that tells its story in the glass.

Matured in 500 litre barrels for 10 months (35% new). Time in the bottle will allow integration, the deepening of layers and full expression of the fruit.

The grapes were fermented 50% whole bunch in a 5000 litre wooden fermenter with gentle pigeage throughout. The process allowed for a long extraction period which lends to the fruit expression of this wine. The wine was left for a 30-day extended maceration on the skins and then pressed in a traditional baskets press.