OLD VINE SYRAH 2008 (Case of 6 bottles)

The Vintage
Dry until May when we were fortunate to get 110mm of rain that was to prove important in the intensely dry months that followed.
We used biodynamic plant infusions in the vineyard (chamomile, nettle…). Limited trimming also prevented vine stress.
Harvest began, in the sunshine on the 15th September. Syrah was the first to be picked and we finished – still with the sun in the sky – with the Grenache on the 7th October.

The harvest was a little stop and start as we worked to ensure we were the picking the grapes when they were at optimal ripeness.The weather was perfect and the ripening period was slow; both of which helped give us fabulously concentrated, small-berried grapes that allowed us to produce wines that are amongst the best we have ever made at Château Maris. The wines are concentrated with elegance and depth. Aromatically they have real complexity with floral and mineral notes and real freshness. It has been an especially successful vintage for grenache that has achieved the complexity and concentration of the great Southern Rhones…

The Soils
Dark brown and red coloured soils.
The grapes for this wine come from vineyards planted on hard and soft limestone and alluvial soils. The texture is balanced and is light at the top, becoming increasingly heavy the deeper you go. The vertical clay migration reduces the carbon levels.

Variety
100% syrah

The Wine
Vinification : The juice is vinified in oak tanks and during the four week-long maceration is gently pumped over with some punching of the cap.
Ageing : 100% in oak for 12 months.
Tasting Note :
Appearance : Deep red with mauvish hints.
Nose : Primary aromas of tar with smoky notes. Secondary aromas are of blackcurrant, prune and liquorice.
Palate : Complex with a powerful presence in the mouth. Balanced and silky smooth with a smoky, liquorice finish.

AT : 3.49g/l
PH : 3.58
SR : 1.6g/l
% 15.15/