Scions of Sinai, Swanesang 2023, Single vineyard Syrah, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Who - Bernard Bredell, Scions of Sinai
Where - Stellenbosch, South Africa
What - Red Wine, Syrah
When - 2023
How  - Organic Practices, 90% whole bunch, vegan

Bernhard Bredell is 7th gen winemaker in the lower Helderberg region and when thinking of a name he decided a play on words was needed! Scion refers to the top life bearing parts of a plant/vine or can also mean ‘the descendant of’. Sinai refers to ‘Sinai Hill’ – a granite hill in the region of lower Helderberg, to the south of Stellenbosch.

Bernhard is as low intervention as can be, he wants the wine to be a true expression of itself and so there is no manipulation, he says - “I’m not trying to be weird or funky – for me what’s most important is to have that line between vineyard and glass as uncompromised as possible,”