2022 Single Vineyard 'Mabalel' Pinot Noir, Crystallum, Walker Bay

2022 Single Vineyard 'Mabalel' Pinot Noir, Crystallum, Walker Bay

A 700m altitude vineyard, on Kaaimansgat farm, this is surrounded by mountains that are often snow-capped in winter. The wine is complex and intense, and there's also a lot of freshness on the finiss. It's much more red fruited, and even citrus, than its stablemates, but that gives it a lot of charm.

Critic score
96/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    South Africa
  • Maturity
    Ready 2024 - 2040info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13.5%

Tasting notes

The 2022 vintage was the coolest in Elandskloof since 2014, so Peter-Allan Finlayson decided to use no whole bunches on Mabalel. Spicy and savoury, with wafts of garrigue and fynbos, this is focused, chiselled and refined, with scented 20% new oak, lots of acidity and minerality and flavours of orange zest and summer berries. 2025-32

Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com (September 2023)
96/100

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