2022 Estate Syrah Block 01
Our Syrah leans toward a Northern Rhone style, with lower alcohol and an elegant profile.
In 2022 our Syrah comes from Block 01, which is the warmest & smallest block in our vineyard. It was hand picked on Oct 29, yielding 2.5 ton/arce. We destemmed the fruit and let the whole berries cold soak in open top fermenters before inoculating the wine with a classic Mediterranean yeast. After an extended maceration, we pressed off the wine into 2nd and 3rd fill French Billon barrels, allowing the wine to complete malolactic fermentation and age for 8 months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered on July 19, 2023.
This wine will benefit from another 12-24 months of bottle age. Food pairing suggestions include Lamb Kofta (our favourite!), Merguez sausage, or medium spiced Indian food such as Tandoori Chicken.
The previous vintages of this wine sold out quickly and were highly rated by wine critics:
- 2019 Syrah, John Schreiner 93 points
- 2020 Syrah, Carl Boucher 92 Points
- 2021 Syrah, David Lawrason names CODE important new Canadian winery and declares the 2021 Syrah his favourite in the portfolio.
We only have 5 cases remaining of this wine. Retail price is $36.00 and Member price is $32.40 (plus tax + deposit).
70 cases made. Key specification: 12.5% alcohol by volume. RS: 1.04 g/L TA: 6.3 g/L pH: 3.91