Tasting Notes
"The 2020 Pinot Noir Om has a bit more finesse and nuance and perhaps a touch moremineralité compared to the Nom Pinot Noir, offering vivacious red cherry and raspberrypreserve scents. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, and quite piquant, like the Nom, if perhaps revealing a little more balsamic infusing the red fruit toward the finish. Enjoy this over several years." 2022 - 2032, 92pts, Neal Martin, Vinous A little more savoury than her Nom Pinot from Elandskloof - this is light and floral-herbal, with violets, bracken and undergrowth, a a whiff of leather and shoe polish and cocoa. The palate is much brighter- loaded with cherry fruit, semi-dried cranberries and pomegranate, but also some savoury notes there too. Very sleek and fragrant.
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Since Jessica Saurwein produced her first wine at Stellenbosch University, she has been trying to redeem her family’s reputation in wine. Steeped in the history of 17th century winemaking, her forefathers made “sour” wine for the Duke of Austria! Luckily, now Jessica makes Pinot Noir rather than sour wine.