2014 Reyneke Reserve Red

The 2014 Reserve Red is around 25% whole cluster fermented in concrete vats, foot-crushed with natural ferment, then pressed off as soon as it is finished. It is mainly raised in 225-liter used barriques for 22 months. It has a cool bouquet with broody, dark berry fruit, iris that seems to blossom with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin, a slightly more masculine Reserve Red from Reyneke, linear and precise, moderate weight with a strict and saline finish. Serious at the moment, give this a couple more years in bottle.