La Vierge Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge Pinot Noir 2010 90 Points
Clear, bright, cherry red with pale rim, low plus concentration, high viscosity, no gas or sediment.
Clean, high intensity, ripe cherries, strawberries flakes, raspberries, complex, delicately ripe red berries, earthy, dusty clay note, complex oaking (30 % new), fragrant, cedarwood (9 months)
Dry, medium plus to high acidity, high alcohol (14.5 ABV), low tannin, crunchy (20% whole bunch), sour cherries note, spicy oak, savoury, elegant, precise and focus, now until 2020.
Maiden Vintage from the newly declared ward of Hemel en Aarde Ridge, 5 year old vineyard, planted on Argillaceous Shale of the Bokkeveld Series, North West aspect at 5500 vines per ha, yields limited to 6.5 tons/ha (42 hl/ha), total production is 7998 bottles.