2023 Cuvee Cinema Pinot Noir
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From one of the most beautiful wine territories in the world, with green fields and softly rolling hills, the Crystallum 2023 Hemel-En-Aarde Ridge Cuvée Cinéma Pinot Noir reveals an extremely fine texture and a fragile personality. This is a very special wine. In fact, of the various wines in this flight, the Cuvée Cinéma is my favorite. Production is 6,427 bottles, all packaged with a red wax capsule. It sees three weeks of skin contact during fermentation and light extraction techniques, including daily pump-overs. Some 30% whole-bunch fruit is used. The wine ages in French barrel for 11 months, with 25% new oak.
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Neal Martin
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Picked before the rains, the 2023 Cuvée Cinema comes from the same parcel as the Clay Shales Chardonnay with high-density planting. It includes around 25% whole bunches and was matured in 20% new oak. Often one of Crystallum's strongest cards in the pack, this has a wonderful cranberry- and wild-strawberry-scented nose, with briar and light sous-bois scents percolating through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a fine, sturdy backbone, but the tannins are finely tuned with a pure, lingering, savory/dried blood finish. Superb.