A very pure line of blackberry and dark cherry flavors distinguish this wine. It is certainly structured—underneath the fruit there are plenty of fruit and wood tannins—but the ripe fruit flavors dominate. Based on fruit from the Jonkershoek valley, this shows a fine minerally side, compliments of the granite subsoil.——R.V.(11/1/2006)—— 90

A single-vineyard wine from land high in the dramatic Jonkershoek valley, this is an intriguingly perfumed wine that still shows a fine sense of structure. The fruit is certainly ripe—it is 14.5% alcohol—but that is lost in the balance with acidity and fine black currant flavors. ——R.V.(11/1/2006)—— 89