Thorne & Daughter’s Wanderers Heart

Grenache noir – 41% Voor Paardeberg (7 years, clay soil)
Syrah – 30% Swartland (14 years old) and Stellenbosch (8 years old) – granite
Mourvèdre – 29% Bot River (13 years old) – gravel/clay duplex soil

Alcohol 13.88%

A Southern Rhone inspired blend, and built around the incredible vineyards found all over the Western Cape. This is a floral, stony, red-fruited wine with aromas including tea leaf, dried cranberry, exotic woods, star anise, coriander seed and citrus peel, and a whiff of the apothecary’s chest. On the palate, there’s orange peel, cloves and damson plums. The wine is bright and keenly balanced, very pure in its fruit with a dusting of fine tannin to complete the picture. Its optimal drinking window is between 2021-2027.