Description
Aged for 16 months in 40% new oak, this Shiraz boasts a light purple garnet hue. The nose is elegant and savoury, offering white pepper spice, purple flower perfume, origanum, and leather intertwined with mulberry and black cherry. The palate is tightly structured with dense, powdery tannins and layers of flavor. Sweet red fruits like raspberry and red cherry dominate, complemented by a subtle herbal origanum edge on the finish. Cool sophistication, creamy texture, and a balance of finesse and concentration make this wine a refined delight.
Food Pairing: Pairs well with fatty cuts of meat, pork, beef, charcuterie, and hard cheeses.
Producer Profile
Given owner Toby Venter’s assumed need for speed, as CEO of LSM Distributors, responsible for Porsche and Lamborghini in South Africa, as well as the owners of Kyalami race track, his purchase of Uva Mira Mountain Vineyards in 2013, up against the slopes of the Helderberg seems in direct contrast to this high octane lifestyle.
Everything in wine is time. Uva Mira is named for a famous star in the constellation of Cetus (a Greek sea monster who was offered the princess Andromeda to appease Poseidon but was slain by Perseus either by sword or using Medusa’s head which turned him to stone – the details are complicated and murky). The giant red star named ‘the wonderful’ or ‘Mira’ in Latin undergoes a 332-day cycle of fading into obscurity, becoming bright, and then fading again (over almost a year), drawing parallels between winemaking and stargazing. The patience inherent to growing grapes, understanding the terroir, blending, and maturation, the once-a-year opportunity to harvest, and the celebration once you can taste the literal fruits of your labour – explains the name Uva Mira, Latin meaning The Wonderful Grape.
