Hamilton Russell Vineyards
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Hamilton Russell Vineyards,
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There is a lovely purity to the red cherry aromas of the 2013 Hamilton Russell Pinot Noir. Fragrant and pretty, the bouquet is followed by a good concentration of red and black fruit on the palate. The tannins are subtle and well-managed and a floral note lifts the whole. This is an excellent and very pretty Pinot Noir. Drink 2014 - 2020.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer
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For the last decade and a half, Hamilton Russell’s immensely successful Burgundian-style wines have set the standard of quality and sophistication for South African wine. The estate is located only three kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean and the sea breezes make this one of the coolest regions for wine production in South Africa. Hamilton Russell wines are only made from the Burgundian varieties Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, grown on stony, clay-rich shale slopes.
The property is overseen by the charming Anthony Hamilton Russell who ensures that the outstanding wines produced here are restrained yet complex and, most fundamentally, expressions of their own terroirs. Two thousand and thirteen was the last vintage of winemaker Hannes Storm after a decade at the estate; he has since moved on to set up his own project, and was succeeded by Emul Ross, ex-Assistant Winemaker at another Chardonnay and Pinot Noir specialist, Cape Chamonix.
The Wine Advocate raves, in great vintages, their Pinot Noir can be utterly sublime and age as well as any great Burgundy.