Founders' Cellar Syrah 2023

DescriptionDetails

The 2021 Founders’ Cellar Syrah is aromatic and attractive on the nose, the Founders’ Cellar 2023 Marlborough Syrah is redolent with notes reminiscent of the end of summer: warm brambly fruit, subtle vanilla and just a touch of autumnal spice and woodsmoke. The palate is open and expressive, with ripe and structural tannins framing ripe, but crunchy, hedgerow fruit. A hint of store-cupboard spice adds some depth and complexity, and a freshening acidity provides balance and an elegant lift. Crowd-pleasing in the best way, this is a dangerously more-ish Syrah.

For consumption

12-15°C / 54-59 F

Cellaring potential

Bottling

Following extensive crop thinning and leaf plucking in the vineyard, the fruit entered the winery with perfect maturity. The grapes were mostly destemmed, and cold-soaked for five days ahead of fermentation. Following ferment, with all plunging carried out by hand, the ferment bins were filled and sealed for an extended post-ferment maceration. The wine was then aged in barrel for 12 months.

Alcohol percentage

12.58

Staete Landt

Vineyard

This Syrah comes from a tiny block of our Staete Landt vineyard in Central Wairau, within the area of Marlborough known as the “Golden Mile”. The site is very warm, with stony, free-draining soils that make it ideal for growing this Rhône variety.