Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2011 | I put some half bottles in the cellar ten years ago. It was gold coloured then, now dark brown. Awesome nectar, fully balanced. Paired with game pate. — a month ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

Served going to a bunch of experienced palates. Was getting quite a few old Napa Cab guesses, some that were thinking it could have been either Australian Shirazzie or Washington Syrah. Shay mentioned it was likely a warmer climate, so he got that. I completely understand pretty much all of those guesses is this one seemed to have a little bit of a roasted black fruit, clove, barbecue kind of character to it. With salted kettle chips it definitely brought the barbecue and grilled character out. This wine still had plenty of depth and a lot of character displaying a surprising amount of pepper on the finish. In their youth, these have an insane amount of tannin despite being rather on the medium-bodied side, and I really was not experiencing that here. Much improved, smoother, tannins have fully integrated. Optimal time to consume this was probably three or four years ago but in my opinion it was doing quite well today. — 6 years ago

with Shay, joe and 1 other

Sébastien MARIE

9.3

Very good Shiraz, tasty and spicy, black cherry on the nose — 4 years ago

with Coralie

Nehemiah White

10

Smooth, strong, delicious! Can’t wait to get another bottle. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

We had this with Oxtail dinner at Rattray’s in Mala Mala last night.

Not my usual detailed notes. This is ripe & lush like the Nederburg but with more complexity.

The palate showed ripe and slightly candied fruits of; dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries and a hint of blue fruits. Nice softly layered baking spices, dark chocolate, mocha, rich, dark soils, some dry top, well done granitic minerals and fresh red and dark florals. The acidity round & beautiful. The finish, ripe, lush, well balanced & polished. Good QPR here.

Photos of, today’s Mala Mala sunrise, baby calf elephant along with the nearly 40 in the herd and a total of over 100 Elephants seen today, playful male dominance of the Giraffe’s intertwining and smacking necks/mid section and the grand prize, male spotted Leopard. An amazing finish to our last day. — 7 years ago

DLS

8.9

Refreshing. — 7 years ago

Ramya Wickramasinghs

9.2

Tropical fruits pineapple, passion. Not acidic. Slighty flowery. Rose. — 5 years ago

Justin Farrar

9.2

Whenever I drink Pinotage (not often) I wonder why it doesn’t get more love. Such unique flavors at low cost. This has barn animals on the nose, plum and tons of meat flavors. Decent fruit and low acidity, I bet it would pair nicely with chocolate too — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2012 / The final wine of Sunday lunch, like nectar, apricot dominance, made from a combination of chenin blanc and moscato / Paired with cheeses, especcialy good with roquefort — 6 years ago

Daniel Tredoux

9.0

Fine. We know it, buy it again. — 7 years ago