Medium

Cork

South Africa

Enticing, smoky, reductive nose – it's a bit rubbery on opening, so decant it. Liquorice and blueberries. Juicy, with good weight of bramble and black cherry fruit, leading to a long, vibrant finish. From a small bushvine vineyard in the Breedekloof planted in 1997, whole-bunch fermented, aged for 18 months with a small proportion of new oak.

Cinsault

Eight Gates, Cinsault, Breedekloof, South Africa, 2024

Enticing, smoky, reductive nose – it's a bit rubbery on opening, so decant it. Liquorice and blueberries. Juicy, with good weigh

Eight Gates, Cinsault, Breedekloof, South Africa, 2024

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