Kanonkop, Black Label Pinotage, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2012

There are only 1,500 bottles of this single-vineyard wine, sourced from a single 60-year-old block. Plush, silky and very complex, with notes of graphite and black fruits, and deftly handled oak.

Alc 14.5%

Price: UK – £115 Majestic. US – $325 (2013) Union Square Wine & Spirits*

Taster: Tim Atkin MW

*US stockist information from Wine-Searcher.com