Lothian Vineyard 2019 Selection Pinot Noir
Drinking: 2021 – 2028. Full bottle 1,446 g.
17.5 Points
“Clones 115 and 777 planted in 2005 on east- and north-facing slopes, Table Mountain sandstone with 10% clay, 270 meters above sea level. Hand-picked late February. De-stemmed, open-top fermenters for 10 days, spontaneous fermentation. Lightly pressed, racked into 228-litre French oak barriques (10% new). Malo in barrel. Aged 11 months in barrel and then lightly filtered. RS 3.2 g/l, TA 5.9 g/l, pH 3.38.
“The wine is superb. Very different from the honey-bush tea of the 2020. This is raspberries, cocoa, red-apple skin, first-flush-Darjeeling infusion. Tucked in with purposeful tenderness; the texture of silk-draped pewter blade; the glow of red tourmaline. A wonderful fine-ground-chalk feel of dustiness on the finish. A lick of hot red home-kiln-baked brick. A grace note of peony. Complex, and a wine that insists on turning your hand over, tracing your palm lines.”
– JANCISROBINSON.COM
