The Richard Kershaw Clonal Selection Pinot Noir is a wine that delivers an incredible sensory experience with each sip. This Pinot Noir is made from a carefully curated selection of grapes that are chosen based on their unique character, resulting in a wine that is truly distinctive and powerful. Each bottle is bursting with flavors of dark cherry, cassis, and smoked meat, complemented by subtle floral notes. The tannins are firm and well-structured, giving this wine excellent aging potential. This Pinot Noir is a true expression of the terroir of the Elgin Valley, and it's no surprise that it has garnered numerous awards and accolades. It's a wine that will certainly impress even the most discerning wine lover.

Tasting Notes

This Pinot Noir is characterised by its purity of fruit, focus and freshness. Fine powdery tannins frame notes of black cherry, pomegranate, rose petal and raspberry on the deliciously succulent palate.

About the Winery

Established in 2012, Richard Kershaw is one of the most renowned wineries in South Africa. The wine estate experiences a cool climate and weather. It allows the winery to get superior grape yields and produce excellent wines possessing top-quality taste, aroma, flavour, texture, and mouthfeel.

Initially, Richard worked as a chef and had a successful career in the field. However, he switched his area of expertise after realising his passion and love for wine. Richard travelled extensively, arriving in South Africa in 1999. By 2009, he became Kanu and Mulderbosch’s group winemaker. He achieved several other feats and accomplishments later in the line. For instance, he got awarded in 2011 as the Master of Wine. Richard’s endeavours and ventures in the winemaking industry laid the groundwork for establishing his distinct winery, Richard Kershaw.

Richard Kershaw focuses on producing outstanding wines that can appeal to and impress numerous people across the globe. Moreover, the wine estate aims for high-quality and site-specific clones of certain grape varieties, such as Syrah and Chardonnay. The winery gets aided in its purpose by the cool and refreshing climate of the Elgin region. Also, the high altitude and significant temperature differences between the day and night of the area help considerably. Furthermore, the Elgin region lies close to the ocean, allowing the vineyards to experience the cold and revitalizing wind currents and breeze.

Richard Kershaw’s wines produced from Chardonnay grapes offer a mineral and restrained style. The drinks emphasise elegance and deliver a fruity character with touches of oatmeal. Additionally, they possess a unique complexity acquired from the percipient wood. On the other hand, the winery’s wines made from the Syrah grape varieties offer precision and subtlety of tannins. The products deliver freshness, harmony, and balanced flavours of iodine, black pepper, medicinal notes, and black fruit.

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