Blank Bottle Little William Syrah 13% 750ml

This wine is a great example of what Shiraz at 750 m above sea level can do. The wine is named after my chance meeting with a little boy called William on the Witzenberg mountains. Its been a fascinating story from the start, but became even more bizarre at the end of last year, with another chance meeting.

VINEYARD

750 meters above sea-level Ceres Plateaux grapes in sandstone soil. Vines trained according to the vertical shoot positioning method on a traditional 3 wire trellis system.

WINEMAKING

The grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4 degrees celsius. The next morning the grapes were hand sorted. It fermented in 2 lots. One as whole clusters in an open top fermenter and the other as whole clusters in a submerged cap closed fermenter. The juice underwent spontaneous fermentation and stayed on the skins for as long as possible. Aged in various vessels, older and some new oak for 12 months, blended and bottled.

Cultivar: Shiraz (100%)

Region: Ceres Plateau

Alcoholic Strenght: 13 %/vol

Acidity: 5.24g/l

PH: 3.44

Reducing Sugar: 2g/l

Closure: Natural cork

Vegan: Yes