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90POINTS
16½/20
Craven Wines Cinsaut 2016
Bottelary, Stellenbosch, Coastal Region, South AfricaFrom the top of Bottleray Hills and bordering Devon Valley. This is 25-year-old dry farmed bush vines on malmesbury shale. Super thorny, with resin, dark plum, wild blackberry, blackberry leather. Brooding and peppery, this is quite dense on the palate with a thick layer of black raspberry to base and a florality to lift, though acidity is characteristically Cinsault: low throughout. This was the only wine they destemmed in 2016 (90%). A one-off wine, they’ve sourced a new higher-altitude, sloping Cinsault site for 2017.Tasted: 30 May 2017Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:Le Sommelier Inc.
Grape: Cinsault
