VARIETAL: Syrah

ANALYSIS

Alc. 13.3% Vol | RS 2.0 g/l | pH 3.63 | TA 5.2 g/l

ORIGIN: Cape Town (Fishhoek)

VINEYARD

Girl Next Door is a 0.38ha 17 year old trellised vineyard grown in sandy gravel soils. This incredible little patch of vines is grown on the Cape Peninsula, 3.2km from Fishhoek beach and 4.5km from Noordhoek beach as the crow flies. It’s the most maritime vineyard we farm.

VINIFICATION

Birds love this vineyard, netting and extreme sorting in both vineyard and cellar is the norm. Grapes are cooled overnight before spontaneous fermentation in open top fermenters and conical foudre. Around 50% of the fruit is left as whole bunches spending 2 weeks on the skins before being basket pressed. Aging takes place for 10 months in foudre and old 500L French oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES

Girl Next Door is a wine that expresses its location. Violets, plums, cherries, white pepper and black olives, all held together by a tightly wound saline core compliments of the cold Atlantic. 2022 is tighter and more graphite like than the 2021, a wine that will benefit from many years in bottle.

Data Sheet:

Data Sheet Savage Girl Next Door 2022