Rall | Cinsault | 2021
Rall | Cinsault | 2021
Another of Donovan Rall’s which is considered one of the best being produced in South Africa right now. This Cinsault is everything you’d want to spend an evening sipping the hours away - light, beautifully perfumed and refreshing. With 50% of the grapes coming from old bush vines in Darling and the other 50% from bush wines in Swartlard with with similar iron-rich clay soils. The grapes were largely whole-bunch fermented and then matured with a balanced approach of 50% older oak and 50% unwooded (concrete) to add a fresh, fruity component.
Nose & Palate
Pure perfume: raspberry and rose petals. Delicate and juicy on the palate, a bit of spice, and fresh tannin structure.
Pairing
Anything or alone!
Accolades
5 Stars (95 Points) - Platter’s 2023 SA Wine Guide
94 points - Tim Atkin 2022 SA Wine Report
About the Winemaker
Donovan Rall is an independent winemaker who’s been at the vanguard of the small batch winemaking revolution that has taken South Africa by storm.
After studying viticulture and oenology at the University of Stellenbosch and gaining winemaking experience in Europe and New Zealand, Donovan returned to South Africa and spent a vintage working for renown winemaker Eben Sadie. He developed a strong passion for the Swartland and the varietals that thrived in this warmer climate, eventually deciding to start his own label in 2008 with a focus on these grapes. Since then he's been making waves in the South African wine industry, producing extraordinary minimal intervention wines, vintage after vintage, and this one could be his best yet.
