A quartet of Portuguese varietals - Tinta Barocca, Touriga Nacional, Souzão & Touriga Francesca - combine in this inky black wine bursting forth with a bouquet of crushed black berry, blue berry, tart cranberry, kirsch and purple plums with bright all-spice top notes intermingled by fynbos, apricot and savoury undercurrents. The bouquet slowly unfurls onto bold juvenile palate with liquorice, dried peach and cocoa hints to the dry finish. Time will temper the fiery fruity exuberance of youth, slowly unfurling the complexities of this fine Cape fortified.
Accompanied by hearty rustic cuisine – springbok pie, roast leg of lamb, braised beef short rib, roast duck with plum sauce or a Moroccan lamb tagine; charcuterie and fine mature cheese or decadent desserts this wine will reveal its true complexity and myriad of flavour nuances.Best decanted prior to serving and if carefully cellared this wine will offer enjoyment over the next three decades or more.