A fruit-forward Burgundian Pinot, avoiding the forest floor in favor of cherry and just-underripe plum, a saline minerality, and softly lingering tannins.
The Muster family's Chardonnay, Morillon in local dialect, from clay soils at high elevation. This wine is rich and mineral with a long elevage in old oak barrels before release.
This wine has a crisp, slightly funky nose of bramblefruit and cool undergrowth that lands on the palate with vibrant acidity. The 2022 vintage sees some Carignan added to the previous iteration's Grenache Noir.
A blend of three Carignans, from a worldclass winery lurking in the depths of one of the Old World's "wine lakes", the Matassa Rouge is a cellar-worthy red with complex earthiness and licorice underlying delectable fruit notes.
Tinta Barroca is an old Portuguese grape varietal used in Port production that found its way to South Africa for Fortified wines. This wine comes from rehabilitated old vineyards to make a dry and spicy Red.
Deep red leaning into purple, as is characteristic of Carmenère. Intense blackberry and blueberry on the nose, accompanied by pleasing spice notes of bell pepper and black pepper, rounded out by time in French oak barrels, delivering a very complex wine. The palate of the wine shows extreme smoothness and potency, with a very long, pleasant finish. 85% Carmenere, 15% Cabernet Franc.
A very fine Pinot Grigio with grapefruit and citrus pith aromas and extended lees aging. A big step up in quality from the mass-produced Italian versions.
Riesling grapes picked in 2011, bottled in 2017, therefore developing tertiary characterics to match the fruit. Glorious honeyed nose. Astonishingly well-priced bottle from the oldest winery in Austria.
