Pinot Noir, Ignis, Hemel en Aarde, 2020

Where Vrede is approximately 50% clay and 50% shale based, the Ignis site is cluttered with round pebbles on the surface with primarily decomposed granite underlying. Situated at 225m elevation in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Also north facing but more exposed to the wind, Ignis sees less disease pressure in general compared to the other two sites so has been farmed organically since 2015. Tons of strawberry, tobacco and tea leaves on the nose, as usual, but also with a touch of grass, freshly pitted red cherries, broader spices such as pink pepper and cinnamon, and again that typically pretty, floral finish.