ORIGIN: FRANSCHHOEK, SOUTH AFRICA

AN INAUGURAL EXPRESSION FROM A VINEYARD NEVER BEFORE BROUGHT TO WINE. BARREL FERMENTED AND AGED FOR TWELVE MONTHS, WITH PARTIAL MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION.

IT CARRIES BOTH STRUCTURE AND QUIET GENEROSITY. THE OAK FRAMES WITHOUT DOMINATING, ALLOWING THE FRUIT TO UNFOLD WITH DEPTH, TEXTURE, AND A GROUNDED SENSE OF PLACE.

UNTOUCHED SOIL, A FIRST VOICE, NOW GIVEN FORM.

NOSE: FRESH GREEN APPLE AND CANTALOUPE LEAD, LAYERED WITH DRIED APRICOT AND A GENTLE CARAMEL NUANCE THAT HINTS AT DEPTH AND MATURITY.

PALATE: CRISP ORCHARD FRUIT AT THE START, BROADENING INTO MELON AND STONE FRUIT RICHNESS. THE DRIED APRICOT NOTE BRINGS A DELICATE SWEETNESS, BALANCED BY AN INVITING ACIDITY, WHILE THE FAINT CARAMEL THREAD ADDS WARMTH AND LENGTH TO THE FINISH.

ORIGIN: FRANSCHHOEK, SOUTH AFRICA

AN EXPLORATION OF TEXTURE OVER EXPECTATION. CRAFTED "SUR LIE" AND GUIDED THROUGH MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION, THE WINE MOVES BEYOND THE LINEAR EXPRESSION OF THE VARIETAL INTO SOMETHING MORE LAYERED, MORE INTENTIONAL.

LEES WERE STIRRED IN AN OXYGEN-DEPRIVED ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVING PURITY WHILE BUILDING A QUIET DEPTH, A WINE OF TENSION AND SOFTNESS, WHERE FRESHNESS MEETS A SUBTLE, EVOLVING CREAMINESS.

NOSE: BRIGH AROMATICS OF WHITE PEACH AND GUAVA LIFTED BY A SUBTLE ROOIBOS TEA NOTE THAT ADDS INTRIGUE AND DEPTH. FRESH CITRUS ZEST IN THE BACKGROUND.

PALATE: JUICY STONE FRUIT LEADS WITH GUAVA RICHNESS FILLING THE MID-PALATE. THE ROOIBOS TEA THREAD REAPPEARS AS A SAVOURY, SLIGHTLY HERBAL LAYER GIVING BALANCE, COMPLEXITY AND LIFT. CRISP ACIDITY PROVIDES CLARITY. LIGHTLY WOODED.

ORIGIN: STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA

A SITE WITH MEMORY, THE WINE DRAWS FROM VINES PLANTED IN 1991, NOW INTERPRETED THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS. CRAFTED IN THE SPIRIT OF ITS MOTHER GRAPE, PINOT NOIR, IT LEANS INTO FINESSE OVER FORCE.

TWENTY PERCENT WHOLE BUNCH, EMBRACING ELEMENTS OF CARBONIC MACERATION, BRINGS LIFT AND AROMATIC INTRIGUE, WHILE MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION IN BARREL SOFTENS AND INTEGRATES. A YEAR OF AGING COMPLETES THE ARC, STRUCTURE HELD IN BALANCE, NOT DOMINANCE.

NOSE: DARK CHERRY AND RIPE PLUM UPFRONT WITH CRANBERRY BRIGHTNESS ADDING LIFT. SUBTLE SPICE AND RED UNDERTONES BRING COMPLEXITY.

PALATE: JUICY RED AND BLACK FRUIT MINGLE SEAMLESSLY. SOUR CHERRY AND PLUM AT THE CORE, CRANBERRY GIVING A TART EDGE. SUPPLE TANNINS AND FRESH ACIDITY CARRY THE WINE TO A CLEAN, LINGERING FINISH WITH A SAVOURY ECHO.