Johan Reyneke’s Cornerstone blend is a match for many a decent Bordeaux, and in the 2018 vintage is particularly good. Replete with classical aromas of cassis, pencil shavings and cedar, the palate follows with great elegance, structure and a chalky, long finish. If anything, I’d prefer a little more savoury character as this tends towards sweetness (but not over-extraction), but it’s young right now! It’s extraordinary how inexpensive this wine is - it would knock the socks of some Bordeaux Crus Classés in a blind tasting. — 7 months ago
Very good, no hg. Rich soft, lots of currant taste.
Birthday gift from Scott. — 2 years ago
Sa chenin.
Feels a bit of a product.
Some tropics, 🍑, 🍏 grapefruit and some vanilla.
Full body.
Medium + acidity.
Long 🎯 with a backbone of bitterness
Really Improved pasta with NYT 'all purpose green sauce' and gauda with truffles cheese grated on top.
All in all nice in the evening.
Not so good the next day. — 6 months ago
Medium ruby color.
Aromas of ripe black berry fruit, toasty, oak spice.
Dry. Flavors of fresh ripe black berry fruit, plum, soft oak spice. Fresh, yet rich. Medium, smooth tannins.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 8 months ago
Interesting wine. Very sweet almost jammy sensation at first, reminding me of a Zinfandel, but it it set my palate to the point that it became more balanced with darker dryer undernotes. It was very balanced and focused. Good acidity and fine integrated tannins, so we kept drinking it and we’re actually sad when it was all gone. — 9 months ago
Very satisfying, would buy again. — 7 months ago
This is a BIG Pinot. Big, fruit dominated nose, with a little herbal spice on the back end, with hints of black olive and rose permeating throughout. Big palate and body, with an herbal, hay or thyme palate, tannic, with a salinity that’s prominent, with black olive, some tar, and even a smokiness hitting the end, with dark cherry, plum, and a peppery spice showing up loud on the palate. Really good entry to South African Pinot. — 8 months ago
The 2019 Pofadder contains 80% whole-cluster Cinsault matured in used foudre. It has an extremely well-defined bouquet of pine cones and mint-infused red fruit. The palate is well balanced with good grip on the entry, a mixture of raspberry and wild strawberry fruit leading to an herbal finish that just needs a little more grip and density. Still, this is an excellent OVS from Sadie, though I would not put it at the top of the pile this year. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2021)
— 3 years ago
Raul Puga
Funky but yummy — 5 months ago