A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol and their winemaking has evolved

and their winemaking has evolved deliberately — moving toward the patient destemming and long élevage that shaped this bottling

geology that shows up in the glass as a chalky mineral edge rather than as fruit weight

almost pure chalk with very little clay

It rewards patience

ripe citrus

A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol and their winemaking has evolvedThe Land The Swartland reads as hot, dry, and flat from a distance, and the Paardeberg corrects that impression. The mountain is a granite pluton rising out of the wheat country between Malmesbury and Wellington, and the Badenhorst farms climb its slopes from 180 to 330 meters. Ramnasgras is a single 1. 6 hectare parcel of old bush vines facing southeast, planted in decomposed granite. Granite here is a specific kind of luck: it drains hard, holds