Blackwater Cuvée Terra Lux Pinot Noir, 2019, Elgin, South Africa
Red Wine
South africa
750ml
£24.50 (inc VAT)
Rockstar. Found in hotel bed with six Rieslings – TV smashed, sprinklers going & minibar empty.
Rockstar Pinot Noir. Winemaker Francois Haasbroek’s surname may translate in Afrikaans as “rabbit pants”, but his Pinot Noir is no laughing matter. Serious stuff, crafted using grapes sourced from the über-trendy Elgin area, aged in seasoned oak, unfiltered and ridiculously rare as he made less than 2,000 bottles. This is such a rockstar Pinot Noir that if you left it on its own in a hotel room, you’d come back to find it in bed with six Chardonnays, the TV out the window, the sprinklers going off and an empty minibar.
Francois Haasbroek is, in our opinion, the man who made Waterford Estate the Stellenbosch legend that it is. But he always had a dream of going it alone. So when he’d finished his shift he’d go searching for under appreciated vineyards, ones whose grapes would disappear into blends, and then he’d stay up until 3am vinifying them. Then he'd head back to work at Waterford the next day.
Details
| TYPE: | Red |
|---|---|
| GRAPE: | Pinot Noir |
| COUNTRY: | South Africa |
| REGION: | Elgin |
| BOTTLESIZE: | 750ml |
| VINTAGE: | 2019 |
| STYLE: | Earthy And Complex |
| STYLE: | Unfiltered |
| METHOD: | Low Sulphite |
| METHOD: | Sustainable |
| METHOD: | Vegan |