2022 JRD Syrah
Bountiful aromas of violets and vanilla with a dusting of white pepper. Following through to candied blueberries, allspice and orange on the palate. Finishing with a perfect crushed velvet texture.
- Volume:
- 750mls
- Alcohol:
- 13.5%
- pH:
3.55
- Acidity:
6.10g/L
- Maturation
14 months in 25% new French oak barriques (Vallurine-Rhone)
- Closure
- ScrewCap
The lead-up to 2022 vintage included one of the wettest winters on record, a cool drying spring into summer with high humidity. All these factors led to healthy canopies and bunch numbers. The cool conditions, especially around the time of flowering resulted in some poor fruit-set in earlier flowering varieties. This delivered a combination of small and large size berries to form reducing the overall yields and intake in those varieties. The vintage started a couple of days later than usual, but with the high humidity/ lowered diurnal range, our late ripening varieties were picked slightly earlier than usual. Overall, a quality vintage.
The fruit was hand-picked. 100% destemmed, 12 days on skins inoculated with XR yeast, matured for 14 months in 25% new French Oak Barriques (Vallaurine).
Bountiful aromas of violets and vanilla with a dusting of white pepper. Following through to candied blueberries, allspice and orange on the palate. Finishing with a perfect crushed velvet texture.
