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16¾/20
Craven Wines Syrah The Firs Vineyard 2016
Devon Valley, Stellenbosch, Coastal Region, South AfricaFirs Vineyard is a new site for Craven, and an experiment to show Syrah through a different lens. The wine is vinified in exactly the same way as Faure Syrah (100% whole bunch, lightly stomped, gently handled, into old puncheons for 10 months). The Firs fruit comes in one week before Faure. Situated on a warm site in the Devon Valley, an area of Stellenbosch prized for intense red wines, this has deeper, darker, red clay soils. Brisk and bright black cherry carries into a broody, thicker palate of dark plum, thorns, black pepper and stones. Firm and tight now in youth. 11.7%.Tasted: 30 May 2017Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:Le Sommelier Inc.
Grape: Shiraz/Syrah
