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Donovan Rall, Ava Syrah 2022
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£61.25
Type:
Red
Grape:
Syrah
Country:
South Africa
Region:
Western Cape
Vegan:
No
Organic:
No
ABV:
12.5%
Winemaker:
Donovan Rall
Bottle Size:
75cl
Description
One of the great modern-day South African Syrahs, the Ava 2022 is more concentrated and serious than its Syrah 2022 counterpart. Deep fruits and spices on the nose, with a dusty core of fine schist-earth notes, iodine and bramble. It is very intense and long, amazing for a wine at such a low alcohol level. Packed full of character,
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Fermentations are natural and spontaneous with no interventions, and aging takes place in various vessels including concrete, cask and amphora depending on the variety. Primarily Swartland based, Donovan also takes prime fruit from the Piekenierskloof, Darling and Stellenbosch regions, and consults on various projects around the country.
Donovan Rall is one of the key figures in South Africa’s explosive New Wave movement. One of the original “garagista” producers in the Swartland, Donovan can now proudly say that he makes some of the most highly sought-after wines in the country. Well-travelled, affable, and ambitious, he trained at the University of Stellenbosch in viticulture and enology with David Sadie, amongst others, then worked in wineries across Europe and Australia before returning to South Africa in 2007. There he joined Eben Sadie as an assistant winemaker but in the space of a year, he had six barrels tucked away under his own name, and the inaugural Rall White was born. An immediate critical success, Donovan struck out on his own and he has not looked back, still buying up small parcels of top-quality fruit, contracting vineyards, and strengthening his reputation as a master blender. Over time he has fine-tuned his own winemaking style towards fresher, more vivid wines, and the wines have never looked better.
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