Savage 'Girl Next Door' Syrah 2023

Savage is Duncan Savage’s Cape Town–based, low-intervention project (founded 2011), working from an urban cellar in Salt River and sourcing/lease-farming marginal, maritime-influenced sites across the Western Cape. Reds typically see a whole-bunch element and maturation in neutral foudre/amphora; whites lean on stainless, concrete egg and old oak—aimed at clarity, texture and restrained alcohol. The range regularly features Syrah, Cinsault, Grenache, Chenin and Sauvignon/Semillon blends, and is a perennial critical benchmark for elegant Cape wines.

Western Cape is a Wine of Origin Geographical Unit covering most of South Africa’s vineyards (e.g., Coastal Region, Breede River Valley, Klein Karoo, Olifants River). It’s broadly Mediterranean—warm, dry summers; cool, wet winters—tempered by the icy Benguela Current and the Cape Doctor winds, with diverse granite, shale and sandstone-derived soils that yield a wide stylistic range.