Salvaje No Sulfites Added Syrah / Roussanne
£14.95
Taste
Savoury, Wild black berries
Aroma
Ripe blackcurrants and roasted tomato
Description
Product Code: ECC31
In this area of the Casablanca Valley, the cooling effect of the Humboldt current offshore helps the important slow and even ripening of these grapes, which are handpicked into small bins, and immediately chilled when they reach the winery. A careful vinification excluding oxygen follows, with ageing in stainless steel tanks. Inky purple in colour, the nose is of ripe black fruits and earthy forest floor. On the palate, hints of pepper and nutmeg with blueberry and blackberry. The addition of 7% white Roussanne grapes adds elegance and balance to this deliciously pure (No Sulphites Added) wine.
93 Points – Tim Atkin MW, December 2017 (2017 vintage)
Bronze Medal – Drinks Business Organic Masters 2018 (2017 vintage)
95 Points, Value Gold – “Fresh nose of dense cassis, blueberry and violet notes. Concentrated, slightly reductive, but very youthful and bright, with some wild rough edges that suit its gastronomic style.” Decanter (2021 vintage)
Taste
Savoury, Wild black berries
Aroma
Ripe blackcurrants and roasted tomato
Location
Description
In this area of the Casablanca Valley, the cooling effect of the Humboldt current offshore helps the important slow and even ripening of these grapes, which are handpicked into small bins, and immediately chilled when they reach the winery. A careful vinification excluding oxygen follows, with ageing in stainless steel tanks. Inky purple in colour, the nose is of ripe black fruits and earthy forest floor. On the palate, hints of pepper and nutmeg with blueberry and blackberry. The addition of 7% white Roussanne grapes adds elegance and balance to this deliciously pure (No Sulphites Added) wine.
93 Points – Tim Atkin MW, December 2017 (2017 vintage)
Bronze Medal – Drinks Business Organic Masters 2018 (2017 vintage)
95 Points, Value Gold – “Fresh nose of dense cassis, blueberry and violet notes. Concentrated, slightly reductive, but very youthful and bright, with some wild rough edges that suit its gastronomic style.” Decanter (2021 vintage)
Full bodied
This is a seriously big wine, but not too tannic just loads of jammy fruit flavours.
Delarre –
Wallop!
What a beauty this is. It’s powerful stuff, but very smooth and fruity. More please!
Down the hatch –
Purrrfect
My new favourite red
keto42 –
Quality
Very good quality that is has some tasty savoury flavours as well as the fruitiness
totheend –
Terrible
When considered against the no sulphur range and Waverley Hills as a benchmark this was terrible.
Wino –
Very surprised!
Soo much depth of flavour in this wine, lots of dark fruit with a very smooth finish.
Liepo –