Scions of Sinai
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Scions of Sinai,
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Firm and polished with some real Syrah character. Well done! Proper wine by any measure. Savoury but ripe fruit.
Jancis Robinson (winter 2018)
This is an elegantly proportioned single-site Syrah. The nose is layered and complex with aromas of violet, blueberry and rosemary. The palate reveals darker berry fruit and a more savoury profile with notes of black peppercorn.
Swanesang (Swansong) refers to this single vineyard’s tragic fate. Like many of the old dry-farmed bush vines in the Lower Helderberg, it was grubbed up at the end of the 2017 harvest. This particular block produced many of the wines made on the old Bredell farm.
Daisy Gatt – Buying Assistant
Jancis Robinson (winter 2018)
This is an elegantly proportioned single-site Syrah. The nose is layered and complex with aromas of violet, blueberry and rosemary. The palate reveals darker berry fruit and a more savoury profile with notes of black peppercorn.
Swanesang (Swansong) refers to this single vineyard’s tragic fate. Like many of the old dry-farmed bush vines in the Lower Helderberg, it was grubbed up at the end of the 2017 harvest. This particular block produced many of the wines made on the old Bredell farm.
Daisy Gatt – Buying Assistant
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Located in Stellenbosch’s Lower Helderberg, Scions of Sinai was founded by Bernhard Bredell in 2016. Having grown up on a wine farm, Bredell has always felt the desire to give back to his roots. He focuses on using natural methods and minimal intervention in the cellar to ensure the wines maintain authenticity to the vines and their roots.
But why the name, “Scions of Sinai”? Scion, in biology, refers to the upper part of the vine or a young shoot. In old English, scion also means descendant. Sinai refers to Sinai Hill, the foothill of the lower Helderberg, where the Bredells have farmed with old dryland bush-vines for generations. From Sinai Hill, Bernhard sees both himself and his old bush-vines as the Scions of Sinai – descendants of this unique terroir.