{"product_id":"sakkie-mouton-dawn-of-the-salty-tongues-syrah-2024-750ml","title":"Sakkie Mouton - 'Dawn of the Salty Tongues' Syrah 2024 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Dawn of the Salty Tongues’ is a perfumed and fragrant Syrah from vines located in Vredendal, 15 miles from the cold Atlantic ocean on the West Coast of South Africa. In essence, this wine is a tribute to the people from the West Coast, raised from sand and salt and true to their roots. The label art is a reference to the rise of the West Coast as a new wine region and showcases divers picking grapes under the ocean, which contributes to the salty taste on the palette. “Salty tongues” is also a reference to the colorful language used by the local farmers and fishermen. Upon its maiden release in 2022, Greg Sherwood MW found himself fawning over this wine: “What else can I say other than this is undoubtedly one of the most exciting new additions to the South African Syrah landscape in the past 5+ years… which is saying a hell of a lot!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrapes were picked early in the morning to preserve freshness, then cooled down before being de-stemmed with 30% whole bunches into open fermenters the next morning. Fermentation started after three days of cold soaking and lasted for about two weeks with pumpovers three times a day. After fermentation, the wine was racked to 500 liter demi muids for 11 months of aging. The wine was then bottled with just a small addition of sulfur; no fining and no filtering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRuby red. The nose shows graphite, red cherries, red meat, and kelp. On the palate, there is an intense sensation of saltiness with a dark cherry and saline finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sakkie Mouton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47396875829472,"sku":"123855","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/sakkie-mouton-dawn-of-the-salty-tongues-syrah_1.jpg?v=1747858836","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/sakkie-mouton-dawn-of-the-salty-tongues-syrah-2024-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}