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Elim Shiraz 2020 (1,5L Magnum)

R 1,025.00

Our Elim Shiraz grapes are grown in the cool maritime climate of Elim close to Cape Agulhas, a wine-growing potential that our cellar master Charles Hopkins saw more than 20 years ago when he identified it as the ideal climate for making the distinctive rotundone style of shiraz – alluringly fragrant with deep black pepper intensity.

This exceptional Shiraz conveys black cherry, lavender, and blackberry aromas. It offers a rich taste with solid but soft tannins, backed by well-unified oak. It is complex and multi-dimensional with layers of mulberries and white pepper. This is a bold and full-bodied Shiraz that will please even the most refined palates of Shiraz aficionados.

Matured for 13 months in second and third fill French oak barrels, Elim Shiraz is made to age gracefully into its full power over at least the next decade, and is available in limited quantities.

This exceptional Shiraz conveys black cherry, lavender, and blackberry aromas. It offers a rich taste with solid but soft tannins, backed by well-unified oak. It is complex and multi-dimensional with layers of mulberries and white pepper. This is a bold and full-bodied Shiraz that will please even the most refined palates of Shiraz aficionados.

Technical Tasting Sheets:

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2020 - PDF

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2019 - PDF

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2018 - PDF

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2017 - PDF

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2016 - PDF

Marinated chargrilled ribeye steak, game pies, and moussaka topped with lots of aged parmesan.
The season presented a cold winter with good rainfall that ensured a terrific growing and ripening period during spring and summer. Due to a few small heat spikes and rain showers in January, the vines were exposed to stop-and-start conditions. This complicated determining the accurate stage of ripeness which required viticultural expertise, experience and patience. The 2020 crop size was average.
A small volume of carefully selected fruit was brought to De Grendel in the early hours of the morning. The fruit, 30% of which was left as whole clusters, was open fermented in stainless steel tanks. The fermenting cap was punched down four times a day to produce more robust tannins with excellent structure and concentration of fruit. The wine was matured for 13 months in second and third fill French Oak barrels.

2020

  • Platter's Guide 2023 5 Stars (95 Points)
  • Winemag Shiraz Report 2023 Top 10 (94 Points)

2019

  • Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2021 Gold
  • Michelangelo Wine Awards 2022 Gold
  • Platter's Guide 2022 5 Stars (97 Points)
  • SA Terroir Wine Awards 2022 National Winner
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2022 (91 Points)
  • Veritas Awards 2021 Double Gold (98 Points)
  • Winemag Shiraz Report 2021 Top 10 (94 Points)
  • Winemag Shiraz Report 2022 (92 Points)

2018

  • Platter's Guide 2021 5 Stars
  • Shiraz SA Wine Challenge 2020 Top 12
  • Tim Atkin South African Report 2020 90 Points
  • Winemag Shiraz Report 2020 Top 10

2017

  • Platter's Guide 2020 5 Stars
  • Winemag Shiraz Report 2019 95 Points

2016

  • James Suckling 2018 91 Points
  • Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2018 Double Gold
  • Platter's Guide 2019 4 1/2 Stars
  • Shiraz SA Wine Challenge 2018 Top 12
  • Tim Atkin SA Report 2018 91 Points
  • Veritas Awards 2018 Gold