Elpidios, Swartland, 2023

A delicate, expressive, redder fruited Elpidios after the darker 2022, the 2023 is a lifted Grenache based blend offering up notes of dark cherry, rose and flowers with earth spice, Turkish delight, and mint and herbal notes. Medium bodied, with a whole cluster freshness and gentle, well-balanced finish which opens up in richness with air. A Grenache based blend with accompanying Syrah, Pinotage and Carignan, aged in a variety of neutral vessels – oak, concrete and foudré, bottled after a year and released with an extra year of ageing in the bottle.