2019 Dumien-Serrette Syrah

Aromas of black cherries, boysenberries, light licorice, earth. Structured, earthy, profoundly deep. Long finish. PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Grilled pork sausages; game meat in red wine sauce; roast lamb.
100% Syrah. A selection of the estate’s oldest vines in ‘Patou,’ facing southeast. Vine age 70-100 years. Hand-harvested. Fermented full cluster on indigenous yeasts in tank. After fermenting dry (and before malolactic conversion), wine is aged in one-year-old oak barrels for six months; then in older barrels for 20 months. Unfined and unfiltered. ‘Henri’ is a tribute to the winemaker’s grandfather who would have turned 100 years old in 2013, the first vintage of this cuvée.