Syrah 'SCHIST - Roundstone'

• Syrah
• Grown on the Schisty slopes of Kasteelberg or ‘Castle Mountain’ on the Mullineux’s farm, Roundstone
• These rocky soils limit vine size and so the clusters and individual grapes in turn remain smaller with high skin-to-juice ratio, offering denser, more brooding tannins
• Hand-harvested in February during a cool morning
• 100% whole bunches were immediately foot-crushed into 500L barrels
• Fermented with indigenous yeast and only hand plunging was performed for completely gentle extraction – just enough to keep the cap wet
• After 4 weeks, it was racked and pressed back to the same open top barrels to complete tannin development and allowed its dark perfume to flourish
• Aged for 12 months in 50% new and 50% 4th fill 500L French oak and then another 10 months in 2000L Foudre before being bottled unfiltered

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