I'd bought this from the estate. Time to drink. The cork did not look good under the cap and in fact it had failed as the wine had started to leak from the bottle a little. When I tried to take the cork out it literally just slid down into the bottle!...The nose was not great but the mouth is lovely old Pinotage. Past being the top of its game but good, really good. This was from the old vines before they introduced the black label range.
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Medium-dark garnet. Nose of distinctively bretty and animalic notes together with dark fruit, leather and underbush. On the palate medium-full bodied with good balance and freshness, tannins are soft. This is quite good but you have to be comfortable with the bretty notes.
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8/8/2019 - colin&ralph Likes this wine: 85 Points
I'd bought this from the estate. Time to drink. The cork did not look good under the cap and in fact it had failed as the wine had started to leak from the bottle a little. When I tried to take the cork out it literally just slid down into the bottle!...The nose was not great but the mouth is lovely old Pinotage. Past being the top of its game but good, really good. This was from the old vines before they introduced the black label range.
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1/24/2014 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
Medium-dark garnet. Nose of distinctively bretty and animalic notes together with dark fruit, leather and underbush. On the palate medium-full bodied with good balance and freshness, tannins are soft. This is quite good but you have to be comfortable with the bretty notes.
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3/7/2009 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 86 Points
wine-pages.com SuperBOWL 2009 (Glasgow): There are red fruit and pencil erasers on the nose. Very expressive, open palate with a slightly plasticky edge.
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12/26/2008 - HC wrote: 93 Points
Huge and rustic in every aspect! Great on the nose with smoke, leather and minerals. Bursts with tons of dark fruits on palate. Very long aftertaste.
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