2022 Rall Cinsault
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Sharing the same vineyard with Duncan Savage for his “Follow The Line” bottling, the 2022 Cinsault is expressive with cherries and spicy potpourri essences that flow from the glass. Medium-bodied, the palate is spicy and succulent with fine-grained tannins, offering a delightful mineral tension before ending with a spicy and floral finish. Give it another year in the bottle, and enjoy it for a decade. Nicely done.
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Anthony Mueller, Wine Advocate
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80% of the fruit is from Darling. All whole-bunch fermentation, five or six days on skins, semi-carbonic. Pomegranate skin and cinnamon. Translucent tannins that curl like question marks and brackets around the fruit, and soaring, flute-like acidity. White pepper, rose petals and a vibe that feels like jazz at midnight. Ethereal but complex and full of ever-shifting flavours. (TC)
About the producer
Working with fruit from the Swartland, Piekenierskloof, Darling and Stellenbosch, Donovan Rall is one of South Africa’s top winemaking talents. He created his own label in 2008, while working alongside Eben Sadie, and now consults on various projects as well as making his exception Rall wines.