Pinot Noir, 'Mabalel', Crystallum 2023 skus_8220740 Slightly citrus nose with hints

Slightly citrus nose with hints of grapefruit and orange

and very age-worthy

The 2015 Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva offers aromatics of sweet red cherry

but was not destined to be lost forever

Pinot Noir, 'Mabalel', Crystallum 2023 skus_8220740 Slightly citrus nose with hintsMabalel is named after a poem by the legendary South African polymath Eugene Marais, which tells the story of a local chieftains daughter of the same name who was ambushed while fetching water from the Limpopo river by the crocodile, Lalele. The vineyard is planted on Kaaimansgat farm meaning Crocodiles lair and a river flows past the vineyard. The site is 700m high and surrounded by dramatic mountains, with peaks that are are often snow capped in