Lammershoek Presents LAM Pinotage 2013 - Swartland, SA; 12,5% abv; c.14€
Treat it like a rosé (i.e. drink it cool) and you have one of the most fantastic drinks I've had in a while. Pale red. Wonderful "dirty" and vegetal aromas with a bit of lift and funk - it's like a light version of Musar. There is a slight hint of cumin which is a scent I associate with Pinotage but other than that, this goes stylistically more to the successful glou-glou naturals than anything else. Really refreshing, vivacious palate with sweet and ripe fruit but very lightly done. It is weightless - like drinking a cloud - yet packed full of flavour. I love such paradoxes. Dangerously moreish: a magnum would have been a better size for this wine.