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Ignis Pinot Noir hails from a northern slope in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Organically farmed, the vineyard is cluttered with round pebbles on the soil surface with underlying decomposed granite. Latin for ‘fire’, ignis refers to the fact that granite is an igneous rock formation – “from fire to stone”.

Seductively perfumed, this stunning red has fine tannins, fleshy, opulent flavours of strawberry and red currant, finely judged 35% new wood, and undertones of rose petals and forest floor. One of the greatest ever Cape Pinot Noirs