Colour: Deep rich ruby red with a gradation to a lighter edge.
Nose: Forthcoming complexity of cracked black and white pepper spice, hints of rich chocolate and mocca, underlying generous mulberry fruit with subtle floral suggestions of violets and dried indigenous fynbos.
Palate: Rich full-bodied entry with ripe mulberry and plum fruit flavours well integrated with wood spice balanced by firm ripe tannins ending with a smooth persistent richness of fruit.
Overall: An opulent richly textured full-bodied wine that is approachable already, yet has the structure to develop interesting complexity and further integration on ageing.
Ostrich fillet with a mulberry berry jus, Moroccan Lamb, grilled prime rib coated with coarse salt, mustard seeds and ground black pepper corns, matured cheeses.