South Africa En Primeur

Deep, elegant perfumed peppery dark bramble fruits, crunchy pomegranate and red berries, and fragrant herbs, exotic spices, and incense. Full to medium-bodied, silky with a savoury mineral vein, with fine grainy tannins, sappy blackberry fruit and a host of gamey, herby, spicy flavours. Classy and beautifully balanced. 3-9 years.

This Stellenbosch bottling offers great density, a grippy and masculine Cabernet with a dark fruit focus, notes of cedar, ink, liquorice and new leather. The palate shows some tension and plentiful ripe tannins that provide some grip, hints of eucalyptus and juicy red plum and fragrant blue fruits. 5-15 years.

This Franschhoek bottling has 12% Cabernet Franc in the blend, adding a classic violet and graphite quality to cassis and raspberry fruit. Minty, with a touch of leather, medium to full-bodied, with a fleshy and juicy personality, this is clean and lifted with fine tannins and long minty, dark fruit flavours. 3-9 years.

Amazing purity and definition, offering notes of white pepper, sweet-cured bacon fat, complex woody and bloomy herbs, and a cool mint and blackberry combination. Dense but precise and lifted, with fine tannins, a juicy personality, and a long, fine, toasty finish. 3-9 years.