Medium

Cork

South Africa

Is any Cape winery working with quite as much energy and attention to every detail as Almenkerk? Perhaps – but not many. This brisk, bright, pungent Syrah would make a challenging ringer in a Northern Rhône tasting - it’s elegant and fresh to its toes, with just a dusting of sweetness from oak. It was interesting to learn from Joris and Natalie van Almenkerk that Elgin’s vineyard plantings are beginning to shrink, despite the district’s compelling points of difference, as local farmers can now make three-times as much money from apples and pears as they can from wine. With ten vintages behind them, though, the van Almenkerks are in for the long term.

Syrah / Shiraz

Almenkerk, Syrah, Elgin, South Africa, 2014

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Is any Cape winery working with quite as much energy and attention to every detail as Almenkerk? Perhaps – but not many. This br

Almenkerk, Syrah, Elgin, South Africa, 2014

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