Reenan Borman's beautiful whole-bunch fermented Syrah in concrete tanks is aromatic with berries and roses with good tannin and spice on the palate. Some of the most elegant Syrah outside of the Northern Rhône.
Pinot clones 115, 667 & 777 are picked by hand, then cold-soaked before fermentation to lift aroma, in concordance with a native yeast post fermentation maceration to get the tannin in place whereafter spends 10 months in 228 liter French oak barrels (26% new and older). Nom stands for nombulelo (gratitude in “Xhosa”) and Nomkhubulwane (a forgotten African goddess of agriculture).
