Started the tasting with a Grenache Pet Nat (made in the méthode ancestrale, meaning the wine is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, without the addition of secondary yeasts or sugars.) We followed with their MCC (Methode Cap Classiqu) Bubbly called Sparklehorse – great label.
Then we tasted 2 Chenin Blancs, a 2012, 2022 followed by a third from the Swartland region – 2020 Terre Noire. Note how here, in the Cape they AGE their white wines. All producers seem to do this.
Next we moved on to 2 wines called Dirty Little Secret #3 and #4. They wouldn’t tell us what these wines were as it a secret “-) But it appears these wines come from a vineyard of only 59 vines and very low interruptive winemaking… a natural wine in every sense!
We followed their 2021 FMC – their iconic wine that is part of the old vine project. Finishing with ther 2020 ‘T’ Noble Late Harvest.
As they were the first winery that also grew the Rhône Varietals, the offered to pour me a taste of their 2020 Renegade a blend of Shiraz / Grenache / Mourvèdre. Delightful!