A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol The surviving wines are on

The surviving wines are on the more open and accessible side of the Barolo spectrum: dark cherry

a grower who deliberately hangs onto tiny parcels of ancient Aligote vines that others would have pulled out long ago

A stellar vintage for whites across Chassagne

geology that shows up in the glass as a chalky mineral edge rather than as fruit weight

A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol The surviving wines are onThe Land The Swartland reads as hot, dry, and flat from a distance, and the Paardeberg corrects that impression. The mountain is a granite pluton rising out of the wheat country between Malmesbury and Wellington, and the Badenhorst farms climb its slopes from 180 to 330 meters. Ramnasgras is a single 1. 6 hectare parcel of old bush vines facing southeast, planted in decomposed granite. Granite here is a specific kind of luck: it drains hard, holds