South African & International Fine Wine
Live Auction, 14 September 2019
Session Two
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About this Item
Based in the Walker Bay region of South Africa, Crystallum is run by brothers Peter-Allan and Andrew Finlayson, 3rd-generation winemakers who focus on Burgundy varieties. Within only a little over 15 years (interestingly the first vintage was a singular Sauvignon in 2007!) this outfit has positioned itself as one of the top proponents of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in South Africa. Awards locally and internationally are in fact unrivalled, and the wines are sold out every year on release.
This wine is named after a tragic poem by legendary South African polymath Eugene Marais, with the vineyard being planted on a high-lying young inland vineyard in the Overberg, known as the Kaaimansgat. 2014 was the maiden vintage.
Critics Ratings
‘From a high-lying young inland (Elandskloof) vineyard, 14 from all destemmed grapes. Concentrated & refined, marrying pure red berry fruit with spicy oak & long velvety exit. Well-judged oaking on all these pinots.’ – Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2016, 4.5*
‘Intense and interesting. Edgy but with masses of fine fruit in the middle. All within a herbal wreath. So much intensity and ambition from Andrew and Peter-Allan Finlayson. Really exciting!’ – Jancis Robinson (September 2016), 17.5/20
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