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Rall Red 2022
R392.00
A blend of 78% Syrah, 12% Grenache, 7% Carignan, and 3% Cinsault spends 18 months in bottle before release. It delivers exceptional complexity of spice and juicy fruit. Purple and red fruit, herb, olives and white pepper from the wholebunch fermentation, with a clean focused palate.
100% wholebunch fermented and matured in a combination of 3000L Foudre, concrete, and old French oak for 10 months before being bottled unfined and lightly filtered, and then given a further 18 months bottle maturation before release. This red wine will drink well now, but should no doubt reward patience and only gain drinkability and complexity over the next decade or more.
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Description
Gentle giant Donovan Rall is very well-travelled as a winemaker, but found his inspiration in the Mediterranean varieties in the Swartland. After graduating with a Viticulture and Oenology degree from Stellenbosch University in 2005 and extensive travels and harvests in other regions, Donovan returned to South Africa in 2007 for a season in the Swartland. Here he worked on his dream of making unique and natural-styled wines under his own label, a small batch range “never more than 1000 cases tops” from good fruit from some of the oldest vineyards in Swartland and Stellenbosch. He started with Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Verdelho and Viognier for a white blend, and Syrah, Mouvedre and Grenache for his red blend, but now also make some single varietal wines. The winemaking is simple, with each parcel allowed to ferment and mature naturally before blending. The wines are full of character and complexity, mark our words these are future classics.
Additional Information
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