A ripe style, but with the zip for focus and balance. A racy quinine note drives the core of yellow apple, pear and green fig fruit. A light hazelnut edge adds range on the finish. Drink now through 2019. 3,500 cases made.??–JM??Region: South Africa / Western Cape / Breede River Valley / Robertson Select to Add

(aged in 10% new oak and the rest once-used barrels): Bright, light yellow. Surprisingly oak-dominated on the nose. Lemon and peach flavors show a saline quality and decent texture but less personality today than the deeper 2015 version. Less oaky in the mouth than on the nose, but still a wine of modest nuance. Spicy and salty on the finish.