Old Road Wine Co. 12 Mile Syrah

The Bellingham Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah is a premium, hand-crafted South African red wine from Paarl/Coastal Region, paying tribute to maverick founder Bernard Podlashuk. It is a powerful, complex Syrah (often with a touch of Viognier) featuring rich black fruit, pepper, and violet notes, typically matured in French oak for 12–18 months.

The Anvil is powerful and captivating on the nose, with peppery spice and dark fruit flavours. This is backed up by a bright, juicy palate bathed in oak spice, anise, black berries and a savoury all-spice finish.

A refreshing Syrah from the Cape shows rosemary and lavender perfume over crushed black pepper and bright plum fruit. Elegant and soft textured yet intense and rewarding. The wine is medium-bodied and lingers to a tapering finish. In an age where Syrah is known for making big, polished and powerful, often sweet-fruited wines, Radford Dale have chosen the path less travelled by showing a restrained and subtle expression of one of the Cape’s most exciting varieties.