Badenhorst, Ramnasgras Cinsault, 2023
A love letter to old Cinsault from one of the Swartland's most original voices. Adi Badenhorst's Ramnasgras pulls 100% Cinsault from a tiny single vineyard of bush vines planted in 1964 on decomposed granite, southeast-facing and just over a hectare and a half. Whole bunches go into seasoned wooden vats with a single daily pump-over, then the wine settles into large foudre for a year. The result reads like Cinsault's best self: thyme, rosemary, tea leaf, lavender, olive and brambleberry on the nose, a silky medium-bodied palate that feels weightless rather than light, and a long, charming finish. Not a high-acid wine, but unmistakably fresh — a Cape red of finesse over force, in conversation with old-school Provence and the Loire as much as with Swartland.
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A love letter to old Cinsault from one of the Swartland's most original voices. Adi Badenhorst's Ramnasgras pulls 100% Cinsault from a tiny single vineyard of bush vines planted in 1964 on decomposed granite, southeast-facing and just over a hectare and a half. Whole bunches go into seasoned wooden vats with a single daily pump-over, then the wine settles into large foudre for a year. The result reads like Cinsault's best self: thyme, rosemary, tea leaf, lavender, olive and brambleberry on the nose, a silky medium-bodied palate that feels weightless rather than light, and a long, charming finish. Not a high-acid wine, but unmistakably fresh — a Cape red of finesse over force, in conversation with old-school Provence and the Loire as much as with Swartland.
