Porseleinberg, Syrah, Swartland 2019

Porseleinberg is home to a groundbreaking Cape Syrah that exemplifies the essence of terroir-driven, authentic wine. The extremely rugged and dry schistous mountain doesn’t invite easy viticulture, but of course extreme terroir produces extreme wine! One of the most distinct things about the Porseleinberg Syrah is its unusual label, which is created by hand on an old-school Original Heidelberg Platen Press Model T, the smallest motorised printer ever produced by this iconic company. Ripe but restrained, red fruit and spice leaning more to the cooler spectrum. Very mineral and cool on the palate with lots of fruit and a present tannin giving it the purity and fresh sense that is the trademark of the Porseleinberg soils.