This exceptional Shiraz conveys black cherry, lavender, and blackberry aromas. It offers a rich taste with solid but soft tannins, backed by well-unified oak. It is complex and multi-dimensional with layers of mulberries and white pepper. This is a bold and full-bodied Shiraz that will please even the most refined palates of Shiraz aficionados.
Technical Tasting Sheets:
De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2020 - PDF
De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2019 - PDF
De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2018 - PDF
Marinated chargrilled ribeye steak, game pies, and moussaka topped with lots of aged parmesan.
The season presented a cold winter with good rainfall that ensured a terrific growing and ripening period during spring and summer. Due to a few small heat spikes and rain showers in January, the vines were exposed to stop-and-start conditions. This complicated determining the accurate stage of ripeness which required viticultural expertise, experience and patience. The 2020 crop size was average.
A small volume of carefully selected fruit was brought to De Grendel in the early hours of the morning. The fruit, 30% of which was left as whole clusters, was open fermented in stainless steel tanks. The fermenting cap was punched down four times a day to produce more robust tannins with excellent structure and concentration of fruit. The wine was matured for 13 months in second and third fill French Oak barrels.
2020
- Platter's Guide 2023 5 Stars (95 Points)
- Winemag Shiraz Report 2023 Top 10 (94 Points)
2019
- Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2021 Gold
- Michelangelo Wine Awards 2022 Gold
- Platter's Guide 2022 5 Stars (97 Points)
- SA Terroir Wine Awards 2022 National Winner
- Tim Atkin SA Report 2022 (91 Points)
- Veritas Awards 2021 Double Gold (98 Points)
- Winemag Shiraz Report 2021 Top 10 (94 Points)
- Winemag Shiraz Report 2022 (92 Points)
2018
- Platter's Guide 2021 5 Stars
- Shiraz SA Wine Challenge 2020 Top 12
- Tim Atkin South African Report 2020 90 Points
- Winemag Shiraz Report 2020 Top 10
2017
- Platter's Guide 2020 5 Stars
- Winemag Shiraz Report 2019 95 Points
2016
- James Suckling 2018 91 Points
- Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2018 Double Gold
- Platter's Guide 2019 4 1/2 Stars
- Shiraz SA Wine Challenge 2018 Top 12
- Tim Atkin SA Report 2018 91 Points
- Veritas Awards 2018 Gold