2021 Kraehe Marananga Shiraz Grenache kirsch and black cherries

kirsch and black cherries

lifted florals

The Steinert’s perfume is beautifully complex

cloves and game meats are underlaid by red and black berry fruits with notes of cedar spice and cinnamon

Planted on the Neldner Road Vineyard over 30 years ago from cuttings off the oldest vines on the vineyard (whose fruit we use for the Kraehe Shiraz)

2021 Kraehe Marananga Shiraz Grenache kirsch and black cherriesThe Kraehe Marananga Shiraz jumps out of the glass with blueberry and plum fruits, underscored by sensual oak characters and meaty complexity. It shows ground coffee and mocha, fertile earth and dried herbs. The wine stains the palate and develops layers from beginning to finish it displays blackberry compote and kirsch, before developing into woodsmoke, cured meats and olive through to the finish. The tannin profile is assertive, yet fine grained and