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Thursday, March 26, 2020 - The nose initially punches out with ripe opulent blackberry and black cherry fruit (fresh and jam), Mission fig, sweet and sour sauce, and black currant wine gums, and although all this is to be expected, hold fast because this is not a simple wine. A cherry lozenge note curls in around the edges, like a mentholated fruit roll-up, and pouches of sweet tobacco start to pile up amidst subtle twinges of candy cap mushroom, fresh asphalt, rooibos, tamarind pods, and flourishes of red fruits poking up from amongst the black bedrock (red cherry, cranberry even). The volatile acidity is there, yet it’s not shrieking but rather calm on a rather tight leash. This does not get tiresome for me. It’s flashing enough freshness to stifle any fatigue that could set in, yet no one will mistake this for cool climate. The spike of cherry NyQuil and chocolate/açai berry right down the middle provides a stable base from which to explore the tarry, dates and raisins in a bazaar, honeybush, and just flat out quirky aspects of what Pinotage has to offer.

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