Glenelly, Syrah Glass Collection, Stellenbosch 2022

The 2022 Syrah Glass Collection comes from a warmer vintage, with the fruit hailing from southeast- and southwest-facing parcels on the estate. Done with partial whole-bunch, each batch fermented and aged separately for 12 months in used 500-liter barrels. It has an attractive, garrigue- and lavender-tinged bouquet that blossoms with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a medicinal/cough candy-infused entry that might be too pronounced at the moment, though that should be subsumed with a few months in bottle. A pleasant herbal character on the finish means that this is in a similar vein to the 2020. Fine, though not a top-tier Syrah.

• Drinking Window: 2025 - 2034
• Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
• Review Date: September 2024