2022 Girl Next Door, Savage Wines

2022 Girl Next Door, Savage Wines

From a parcel of Syrah vines planted on a housing estate for aesthetic reasons, here Duncan's hard work has seriously paid off. This is so intense and peppery, and there are notes of violet and a lot of wild strawberries. A very serious Syrah.

Critic score
97/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    South Africa
  • Maturity
    Young 2025 - 2040info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13.5%

Tasting notes

The only thing wrong with this wine, sourced from a 0.38-hectare vineyard in Cape Town, is that there's so little of it, owing to the size of the parcel and the strong prevailing winds. Pure, taut, focused and refined, it's peppery, herbal, graceful and red-fruited, with a delicacy and elegance that wouldn't look out of place in Côte Rôtie. 2024-30

Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com (September 2023)
97/100

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