Pinot Noir, Vrede, Hemel en Aarde, 2023

Vrede 2023 offers an absorbing succulence of fruit, balanced with powdery tannins and resonant red fruits. Medium in body with fresh strawberry, a touch of oak, cocoa, violet and rose. Gorgeous. Vrede is a north-east facing slope in the lower Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, the soils are predominantly stony, clay-rich Bokkeveld shale bringing texture and complexity. Aged for a year in 25% new French oak.