Timed Online Auction, 2 - 12 February 2024

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Graft is a new addition to this fledgling estate, made from a combination of Cinsault with 45% Syrah. Peppery, spicy and intense, with notes of clove and ginger and layers of raspberry and red cherry fruit, this has balletic poise and remarkable freshness and palate length. 2020-27' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2018, 95/100

'Herby, peppery, blackberry and black cherry. Wow! Excellent purity and spice. A Rhône-beater. Meaty, long, spicy. Elaborate and delicious.' - Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17.5/20 (Sep 2018)

'The wonderful bouquet is beautifully defined, featuring pure garrique-tinged red berry fruit: the stem addition is brilliantly disguised. The palate is medium-bodied with with fine-grained tannin, offering crisp acidity, a gentle grip in the mouth and a slightly saline/black olive tapenade note that comes through strongly on the finish. Just two barrels produced. Outstanding' - Neal Martin, Vinous, 94/100 (Aug 2018) | Vinous budget red wine of the year in 2018.

'55% Cinsault and 45% Syrah, both vineyards in Polkadraai, Stellenbosch. Both parcels underwent 100% whole-bunch fermentation before 10 months of maturation in old oak. A touch of reduction before red and black fruit, white pepper and cinnamon. Medium bodied and very approachable - juicy fruit and relatively soft tannins.' - Chrisitan Eedes, Winemag.co.za, 92/100 (Mar 2018)