Fram Pinotage 2017 (750ml) Mexico With the modest addition of

With the modest addition of 3% Cabernet Sauvignon (noting that Penfolds did not release its elite Bin 707 and Bin 129 Cabernets from the 2020 vintage)

You get the spice of the Petit Verdot - also at the highest level to date - giving cushion and complexity to the blackberry

blackberry and black currents

and the wine’s texture is broad

Saint-Pierre is situated just to the south of the village of Saint-Julien

Fram Pinotage 2017 (750ml) Mexico With the modest addition ofSourced from a 1981 vineyard 30km north of Clanwilliam, 20 months in first fill Austrian oak foudre. Citrusdal Mountain These grapes are from a farm in the hills north west of Clanwilliam. Red sandy soils and struggling vines, battling for survival. But grapes, like most other living things, tend to be at their strongest when they are fighting for survival. The 2017 vintage is for my money the best vintage Ive encountered in my 23 years of making