Babylonstoren Shiraz

REGION: South Africa

VARIETIES: Shiraz

VITICULTURE: Conventional

YEAR: 2020

ALCOHOL: 14.5%

INFO: The shiraz grapes are fermented on their skins for about seven days, after which they get an extended maceration period of about one week. The wine then gets pressed into a combination of 70% new and 30% second-fill 300 litre French oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation the wine gets racked and is then returned to the barrels for another 18 months before bottling to produce a full bodied complex wine.

Blackberry, blackcurrant, black cherry and plum with hints of spice, pepper and cloves.