Tanagra Syrah Casablanca Valley, 2018

Intensely concentrated aromas of cassis, redcurrants, strawberry jam and vanilla precede a smooth elegant palate. This wine has a fine silky texture with more flavours of chocolate and vanilla, black cherries and a savoury character developing on the palate. Everything possible was done by JC when crafting this wine – handpicked grapes from untrellised bush vines were crushed by hand into barrel. After a cold maceration for seven days, the wine was fermented at 28-300C in barrel and left for a total of 30 days on skins. It was then matured for 18 months in barrel using a combination of American and French oak and 80% new. Despite the long oak regime, the sheer concentration of the grapes’ fruit flavours shine through. Each bottle will be personally signed by the winemaker for Opimian Members.