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2024 Damascene, Syrah, Swartland, South Africa

  • Red
  • Syrah
Not ready (Drink 2029 - 2040)
Neal Martin
95/100
Christian Eedes
94/100
Product: 20248300919

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2024 Damascene, Syrah, Swartland, South Africa

Description

If the Stellies cuvée is all about the precision of Granitic soils, this shows the wonderful breadth that Schist provides for Syrah in the Swartland. More pepper and a whisper of peppermint, with a wilder, fynbos driven edge. Hard to resist right now.

Fergus Stewart, Private Client Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (September 2025)

Colour Red
Vintage 2024
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Not ready (2029 - 2040)
Grape List Syrah
Producer Damascene Vineyards

Critics reviews

Neal Martin 95/100

The 2024 Syrah Swartland comes from three sites, one échalas, predominantly on schist and shale soils, 75% whole cluster and matured in 2,000-litre Austrian foudres. Wow, this has a stunning bouquet with camphor-tinged black and blueberry that bursts from the glass, yet there is still real elegance here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, silky in texture (totally different to the Ceres Plateau cuvée that is more powdery), a little sweeter towards the finish yet structured with a dash of cracked black pepper and a hint of garrigues. Deeply impressive.
Drink 2027 - 2045
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Aug 2025)
Christian Eedes 94/100
90% of grapes from a Kasteelberg vineyard on schist, 10% from a Paardeberg vineyard on granite. 75% whole-bunch fermentation. Pretty aromatics of red berries, floral perfume, fynbos and white pepper. The palate is elegant and finely etched, the tannins powdery and supple. Pure and impeccably balanced, though perhaps edging toward polish over personality.
Christian Eedes, WineMag.com (Sep 2025)

About this wine

Swartland

Swartland

After Stellenbosch, the west coast district of Swartland (25 miles north of Cape Town, between the towns of Malmesbury and Piketberg) now ranks as the Cape's most exciting wine district. Its ancient geology has brought a mix of shale, arenite sandstone and granite soils air-conditioned by the Atlantic Ocean nearby. Chenin Blanc and Shiraz seem to do best, as exemplified by Eben Sadie and Mullineux.
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