Rall

Red

2022

Western Cape

South Africa

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RAHL WYNZ RED

Varietals

Syrah Blend

Flavors

Blackberry

Spice Box

Salt

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Palate Character

Tone & Backbone

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Tasting Notes

Medium plus bodied with balanced structure. There are attractive notes of blackberry and cherry fruit, with fresh wild herbs, earth and spice box, along with a salty minerality that lingers in the layered finish.

COLOR

Medium Red/Ruby

BODY

TANNIN

ACIDITY

SWEET

ALCOH.

13%

GRAPE(S)

Syrah, Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault

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Why this wine made the cut…

A perfect balance of Layered fruit and savory goodness.

GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Syrah

78% See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Grenache

12% Gruh-NASH

Grenache is widely planted throughout the world but some of the best expressions come from the southern Rhone, and in Spain’s Priorat. Grenache has small berries with thick grape skins resulting in dark, tannic wine in its youth combined with an almost ripe sweetness and elevated alcohol. Often part of a blend, Grenache offers a lot of fruit, spice, with floral and herbal notes.

Carignan

7% Ca-ree-NYAN

In the past, Carignan was responsible for a lot of bulk wine because of its high yielding potential, but in the right hands it can make quality with intense red fruit, spice, and structure. Often blended with other grape varietals, old vine Carignan can yield rich red fruit driven wines at bang for your buck price levels.

Cinsault

3% Sen-SO

Cinsaut is an underrated grape variety from Southern France because its proclivity for high yields. However, when yields are restricted, it can make fruit forward aromatic wines best suited for blends and/or fresh, perfumed and fruity rosé wines.

Country / State

South Africa

Region

Western Cape

Producer

Rall

Winemaker(s)

Donovan Rall

Vintage

2022