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Sijnn Saignee 2013

Pale red onion skin. (More of a light Pinot than a Rosè) Complex rose petal & red fruit nose. Full, silky light red wine like texture on the palate. Flavours of red berries and Macadamia nuts on the palate.

Excellent with delicate curries and other spicy food as well as with ref meat on a hot day – if you don’t feel like a heavy red wine.
variety : Mourvedre [ 43% Mourvedre, 29% Trincadeira, 28% Shiraz ]
winery : Sijnn
winemaker : De Trafford Team
wine of origin : Breede River Valley
analysis : alc : 13.55 % vol  rs : 1.6 g/l  pH : 3.59  ta : 4.2 g/l  
type : Rose  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Cork  

An exciting new vineyard between the tiny hamlet of Malagas and Cape Infanta, at the mouth of the Breede River – called Sijnn by the original Khoisan inhabitants. Perched on a plateau of slate and rolled stones, about 15km from the southern oceans of Africa. At this stage there are no other vineyards within a 40 km radius, the closest being those inland around Swellendam and along the coast of Elim. The wines are currently made by the De Trafford team in Stellenbosch. A winery is planned for the property – still on David Trafford’s drawing board!
in the vineyard : 

The complex stony soils, together with a warm dry climate (350mm) moderated by constant sea breezes provides an ideal terroir to produce something unique. Most of the soils have about 600mm round pudding stones on the surface with weathered shale or slate in the subsoil. All vines are grown as bush vines due to the exceptional low yield and vigour, from the 6 year old vines.

A good growing season with few problems. Harvest was quite early with cool conditions. Some mist and light rain during harvest which is reasonably typical, but in 2011 caused no problems. Our best vintage yet.
about the harvest: Handpicked and carefully sorted in 14 kg flat trays in the cool mornings, to avoid any damaging and transported back to Stellenbosch.
in the cellar : Further sorting in Stellenbosch and 98% destemming and gentle crushing directly into small open top tanks, including some 700ℓ wooden vats. Drained off the skins a day or two later at about the time spontaneous natural fermentation starts. Fermentation and further maturation in 225ℓ oak barrels for 9 months. Lightly fined with bentonite (natural clay) and bottled by hand unfiltered. Bottling date: 16/11/11
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Sijnn Saignee 2013
Mourvedre
Sijnn Saignee 2011
Mourvedre