Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

‘This has superb, bright, stony citrus on the nose. Richness, power and creamy lees texture. So deep and yet spicily fresh. Fragrant and fruity and symmetrical. A slight dustiness that counteracts the ripe creamy fruit. Ripe but beautifully fresh. An easy vintage.’ - Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17.5/20 (Jul 2018)

‘The 2015 Cartology is developing a succinct, quite gorgeous bouquet with jasmine, sea spray and a hint of linseed. There is a real complexity within this Cartology, very focused and taut. The palate is vivid and bright, conveying real energy and poise with wonderful salinity towards the finish, touches of hazelnut and Chinese 5-spice on the aftertaste. This is a scintillating, quite cerebral Cartology that is going to give a lot of pleasure.’ - Neal Martin, Vinous, 94/100 (Aug 2018)

‘It offers complex and quite arresting aromas of walnut, wax resin, linseed and smoke that blossom in the glass, always as much an intellectual proposition as a sensory one. The palate is well balanced with superb balanced, very saline in the mouth, evoking images of the sea, fanning out with citrus fruit mixed with hazelnut and Chinese five spice. This is yet another killer wine in the Cartology series since 2011.’ - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 93/100 (Apr 2017)

'More than ever, 2015 reflects chenin & semillon partnership, latter up to 14%. There’s an earthy, sunnily ripe aromatic quality mirrored in the rich & dense texture. Clean, lemony intensity provides lengthy conclusion. Lovely wine from grand vintage; long potential.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2017, 4.5*