Jolandie is a huge Northern Rhône fan, and while she’s not trying to replicate it, she also felt like she couldn’t not make Syrah in the Swartland. The 2024 vintage is a blend of two regions: 90% from Malmesbury on red, iron-rich soils, and 10% from Riebeekberg on schist. The iron component provides all the aromatics with a denser tannin and the schist component provide structure, concentration and grippy tannin. Jolandie calls 2024 “a light crop with a loud voice.” 

This vintage was 80% whole cluster, 20% crush and de-stem. The wine spent 16 days on the skins before being lightly pressed to old, 300-500L oak barrels for 10 months. After this period, the wines were racked, blended, and bottled without fining and with a coarse filtration and just a small addition of sulfur.

Tasting notes: A beautifully aromatic Syrah. It shows a racy blend of spice, florals, and berries on the nose, then a juicy palate with a hint of pepper, wrapped in silky tannins. This is a bottle to savor.