Extreme care is taken to ensure this small-production, classically styled Pinot noir expresses the personality of the cool, maritime, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge from un-irrigated vines and its elevated, stony, clay and iron-rich soils.

Winemakers personal tasting note:

2015 - Clean and lifted wild red fruit and sour cherry aromas, long gentle palate with a salty minerality

2016 - Fine bright sour cherry character and even hints of violets on the nose. More lifted acidity and tightness, bright and elegant from start to finish with a hardening line of minerality placing it more in the old world than the new.

2017 - The 2017 has greater depth,structure and plushness on the palate than 2016 (and even 2015) without sacrificing the clean, lifted blue fruit that is a characteristic of the best Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge Pinot noir.

2018 - Silky in texture, featuring rose and velvet aromas and flavours that add to the charming cherry notes. Balanced and complex, with sandalwood spice details emerging on the long gentle finish.

2019 - The 2019 Pinot noir is an elegant wine with medium richness, good balance. Blueberry and cherry flavours with spicy oak aromas. Elegant long finish. - Berene Sauls