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South Africa

Cuvee Cinema Pinot Noir

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Category: South African Red Wine
Producer: Crystallum
Region: Walker Bay
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol: 13.0%
Size: 75cl
Price: £28.99
Out Of Stock

Crystallum is the new venture created by the sons, Andrew and Peter-Allan, of Bouchard Finlayson's pioneering Peter Finlayson.  It's a boutique winery with tiny production and a real focus on top quality.  The Clay Shales Chardonnay (650 bottles produced and sadly sold out) is a stunner and this, their single vineyard Pinot Noir, is a belter too.  2500 bottles were produced of the Cuvee Cinema and I recently scored the wine 9.5 out of 10 - almost unheard of for me.  It has a superb nose - the perfect balance of ripe cherry and berry fruit with savoury undertones.  This follows through onto the palate - there is an excellent mouth feel being both light yet intense at the same time, with many layers of flavour.  Perfectly balanced with good acidity and a touch of grip, the wine has good length of finish.  It's a lovely wine and my wine of the day at that particular tasting.  The downside being we don't get much of it.....

SC Rating - EXCEPTIONAL   (Mike)

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