Rudi Schultz, Syrah, Stellenbosch

Decanted for a decent hour before a meal of roasted lamb loin on couscous with garlicky kale, then the next day with roasted pumpkin with wild rice, spelt and bacon. Color: inky, nearly black. Nose: Overripe plum. Fruit: Colossal blackberry and dark cherry but with a South of France-style herbal note of lavender and (according to M) olive oil. Big zingy syrah spice at the tail end. This is the epitome of New World syrah, but this style can be …

Very nice effort. A bit bigger than some other, previous years. Very nice fruit. Would recommend.