{"title":"Porseleinberg | Swartland","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Porseleinberg_Vineyards.jpg?v=1757444804\" alt=\"Porseleinberg Vineyards in Swartland\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe revolutionary Porseleinberg project is the result of South African icon Marc Kent's search for premium Rhône grapes for his Boekenhoutskloof and Chocolate Block wine labels. The journey naturally took him to the Swartland, which at the time was emerging as a premium South African wine region. Marc found a remote, rugged, and windswept 173-acre wine farm atop the Porseleinberg mountain and purchased the property in 2009. Recognising the enormous potential of the area and after replanting the vineyards, he decided to create a premium Swartland Syrah from the finest fruit. Winemaking is as natural as possible, with only natural yeasts and minimal intervention. Winemaker and estate manager Callie Louw would always rather be in the vines than in the cellar, but he's also a gifted winemaker and the Syrah produced here is often likened to top examples of Cornas.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"porseleinberg-syrah","title":"Porseleinberg Syrah 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly the finest Syrah, from the organically-farmed vineyard, is used in Porseleinberg’s single iconic wine. The wine is fermented with 100% whole clusters using only natural yeasts and takes place in concrete vats before ageing in a combination of foudres and concrete eggs with no new wood intervention. The resulting wine is wild, savory, and tannic but ethereal, and it regularly draws comparisons with top Northern Rhône wines, especially Cornas. It certainly has earned its stature as one of South Africa’s most distinctive and sought after wines, as evidenced by consistent critical acclaim.\u003cem\u003e ‘Produced in the teeth of what Callie Louw calls a “crazy year”, with lots of winter rain and one of the hottest Januaries ever, this is the latest in a series of world-class Syrahs from the brilliant Callie Louw. Fermented and aged in foudres and 15% concrete, using the submerged cap technique that has transformed the style here, this has 95% whole bunches, fynbos and Mediterranean herb aromas, sculpted, detailed tannins and layers of plum, blackberry and raspberry and impressive freshness for a wine with a pH of 4.1. A refined wine from a brutal site. 2025-40’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e– Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2024, 99\/100 \u003c\/strong\u003e[#intro]One of South Africa's most distinctive \u0026amp; sought after wines as evidenced by its consistent critical acclaim...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porseleinberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56871600947581,"sku":"A22PORSELEINBERGSYRAH-1","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/SyrahBT.jpg?v=1757447011"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/collections\/Porseleinberg_Logo.jpg?v=1757444933","url":"https:\/\/hic.wine\/collections\/porseleinberg-swartland\/porseleinberg.oembed","provider":"Hic!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}