Lothian Vineyards Pinot Noir, Elgin Valley Vintage:2022 planted by the Watson family

planted by the Watson family in the 1970s and central to making the Wilyabrup Valley the address it is for Chardonnay and Cabernet

This is their single-vineyard Chardonnay

it has the structure

repaired or replaced

Firm but fine tannins give it grip without weight

Lothian Vineyards Pinot Noir, Elgin Valley Vintage:2022 planted by the Watson familyLothian is a family estate in the Elgin Valley, South Africa's coolest growing region a former protea farm on the banks of the Palmiet River, run by the Wilson family across three generations of Cape winemaking. They work with Richard Kershaw, one of only a handful of Masters of Wine making wine in the country, whose touch here is all about restraint letting a cold climate site speak rather than building power into the wine. The Pinot comes from a