Villiera Stand Alone, Pinotage 2018 Domaine de Courcel giving a wonderfully mineral style

giving a wonderfully mineral style

with subtle lemon meringue and buttered toast flavours adding sumptuousness against zippy acidity and a pithy

chocolate and baked black fruit finish

which has aged for around 8 years under Flor before 4 more years of oxidative ageing

Quite chunky and stony and very St-Estèphe

Villiera Stand Alone, Pinotage 2018 Domaine de Courcel giving a wonderfully mineral styleThe nose here has leathery, meaty, smoky very varietal aromas then a rush of intense berry and violets. The palate has a lovely bright sense of lightness, and old school notes of leather & spice, everything there for the die hard Pinotage lover but with freshness and fuzz to appeal much more widely.