The aromas open with impressive cassis, graphite is tightly interwoven with attractive blackberry, dark cherry coulis and cigar box. The palate is sleek, lithe and particularly fine boned with a very polished, sultry elegance and textural focus. There is already impressive complexity but also a modicum of classical restraint.
This is a rare South African expression that boasts a vibrant natural acidity and ripe, fine grained powdery tannins that cushion a beautifully natural sense of balance, harmony and finesse, all elements coming together seamlessly and effortlessly at such an early stage in the wines evolution. A really polished, faultless, old world leaning expression that is undoubtedly a new and impressive tour de force on the South African fine wine scene.