Tesselaarsdal Pinot Noir Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, South Africa 2019 Bottle:12 including la Grande Rue

including la Grande Rue

but they aren't entirely out of character for the house style

Grapes are harvested at two different ripeness levels and two lots of wine are produced

A benchmark for the Amarone category

Chandon By the Bay is also a love declaration to the San Francisco bay area

Tesselaarsdal Pinot Noir Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, South Africa 2019 Bottle:12 including la Grande RueA particularly bright, tight, and pure Pinot Noir with marked elegance. Clean and lifted wild red fruit and sour cherry aromas introduce a long, gentle palate with a salty minerality. This is a graceful and age worthy wine with an almost crystalline purity.