- 90 points -
May 2023 (Vintage 2021)A bright, brambly red, with abundant herbes de Provence and sweet smoke accenting a core of ripe raspberry and blueberry fruit. Juicy, well-spiced finish.
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SOUTHERN RIGHT
Pinotage
2021
- Sustainable
Product code
859669
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Open
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
South Africa
Regulated designation
Wine of origin (WO)
Region
Western Cape
Varietal(s)
Pinotage
100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website
About this winery
Southern Right is a small Pinotage and Sauvignon Blanc specialist located on a strikingly beautiful 448 ha property in the cool, maritime, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley appellation, just behind the old fishing village of Hermanus. Founded by Anthony Hamilton Russell in 1994, Southern Right's aim was to produce a serious, age-worthy Pinotage (South Africa’s unique red grape variety) combining a distinct South African fruit and flavour expression with classic styling and refinement. It is Anthony's...
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Product notes
Southern Right is re-defining Pinotage with this intense classically styled, clay-grown wine. This dark, deep and structured wine with its bright acidity and dry minerality, has unusually elegant and classic styling for this unique South African variety.
Tasting notes
Packed with complex berry fruit, beautiful tannins and subtle wood spice. Full ripeness and the longer hang-time afforded by cooler sites, combined with the complex, more classic fruit aromas and structure resulting from clay-rich soil, make this wine a highly individual expression of Pinotage.
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