Rustenberg, Buzzard Kloof Syrah, Stellenbosch

Stunning. Perfect drinking window. Can go 1-2 years. Nutmeg spice. Lively acidity lingers. Beautiful soft round pallet.

Deep red-black thru to the rim. the nose has a lifted spicy ripe fruit: baked blackberry, wild raspberry and black cherry coulis. alongside sit dried spices, parched earth, hints of liquorice. A sort of summer pudding. The palate whilst full is soft and inviting; generous but in check. No doubt a big wine there is plenty of fruit, with suede-like tannins with a rich almost jube Aussie-styled fruit but offset with a savoury undertow to put it n SA. Fairly …

Bright acidity upon opening, it did settle with air after 1 hour. Very full texture, almost chunky, and silky soft. Smoke and black fruit with a medium - length

By the glass at the BA lounge. Quite a bit of colour with a purple tinge. New world syrah and albeit not too overdone next to the Mullineux 2012 we felt this was more of the classic new world, hot climate syrah. A touch of sweet core, spice, no real feel of oak, good extraction but one needs to like the style to have more than one glass. Definitely a wine that can age but a bit too sweet for …

Moerse big fruit! Oak prominent... Balanced out in the end. Ends time to come together. Pop open with hearty food next time!