“A tangy, racy style, boasting a core of mulled cherry, red currant and incense notes backed by a long, iron-tinged finish. Taut but vigorous, this should stretch out a touch with brief cellaring. Drink now through 2012.” 91WS
Moderately saturated medium red. Very reduced nose offers soil-driven dried rose, smoky minerality and tar, along with leather and musky bonfire notes. Silky on entry, then edgy in the middle, displaying limited fruit ripeness to its flavors of smoke, earth and herbs. Turned a bit more gamey with aeration and showed a whiff of burning asphalt without really losing its reductive character. A second bottle was similar. Disappointing for this wine, which in the best years can be South Africa's top pinot. 88ST | 
