Papegaai is a co-fermented blend of all the grapes on Badenhorst's Kalmoesfontein, including Cinsault, Chenin Blanc, Palomino, and Syrah, sourced from 23 distinct vineyards. Light and easy-drinking, with raspberry fruit flavours and herbaceousness in the finish.
Tiny production single-vineyard wine from Adi Badenhorst's best Cinsault grapes, made with carbonic maceration. Lightly coloured but packs an intense concentration of fruit.
"Complex and attractive bouquet of oriental spices with pronounced violet and white pepper flavours. It has lovely perfumed red fruit aromatics. A well-balanced wine with spicy overtones and a lingering finish. Very classic style with unmistakable Rhone flavours. Good to drink now, but will develop and mature over the next 10 years."
A Cab Franc made from riper fruit, with the abv to match. Where a lot of Cab Francs are great with a lighter meal like a stirfry, this one could take on a steak and baked potato without trouble. That familiar bell pepper edge complimented by a hint of cedar-y warmth.
A leaner style of Cabernet Sauvignon, redolent of Bordeaux before Parker and Rolland, from granitic soils with cassis and black cherry fruit and a long tannic finish.