Mount Sutherland
Syrah 2009
Rhône Theme
About the SessionThe first sale of the 2023 Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction calendar is an exciting Rhône valley and Rhône-style offering.
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
About this Item
Syrah 2009
6 (1 x 6) 750ml
This is one of South Africa's most exciting new vineyards. This is the very first Syrah to be released from a vineyard planted in 2004 and is South Africa's only true continental terroir. At 1500 meters above sea level, situated in Sutherland in the Karoo, this producer has found that vineyards that are covered in snow in winter produce a unique structure that sets this wine apart from their coastal wines.
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Critics Ratings
'Maiden crop off Sutherland vines, explores cool-climate potential. Revisited last time, still-available 2009 had improved, showed Rhône-like pepperiness, elegance & length.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2013, 4*
'Clean, expressive, quite Northern Rhone in aromatic profile, darker red fruits spectrum, ripe blackcurrant, preserved plums, Ribena-like nose, cassis, intense minty blueberry, spicy oak lending delicate smoky note, earthy, slate minerals, pure fruit but borderline jammy/slight raisin note, captivating.' - Miguel Chan, 91/100 (Oct 2012)
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