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Domaine des Dieux, Josephine Pinot Noir, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2020
As the vines here age, this wine is getting more refined: French oak, about a quarter new. A rich, velvety example, with overt raspberry and cherry fruit, wrapped in coffeescented oak. Lots of appealing fat. Terrific aromatics on a long finish.... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionHemel-en-Aarde
GrowerDomaine des Dieux
Grape VarietyPinot Noir
Vintage2020
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
DietaryVegan
CodeDDD620
Domaine des Dieux
Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, which translates as Heaven on Earth, rises prettily from just west of Hermanus.
When we first visited in 2003 the wineries, notably Hamilton Russell and Bouchard Finlayson, were all in the lower part of the valley, but more recently plantings at the top of the valley - higher, drier, with warmer...
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Origins
- Ancient vine, perhaps 2,000 years old
Distant origins in France - first documented mention in France in 1375
Characteristics
- Finicky grape: notoriously difficult to grow (which is partly why it is hugely intriguing to New World...
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Domaine des Dieux, Josephine Pinot Noir, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge, 2020
As the vines here age, this wine is getting more refined: French oak, about a quarter new. A rich, velvety example, with overt raspberry and cherry fruit, wrapped in coffeescented oak. Lots of appealing fat. Terrific aromatics on a long finish. Classy and complete. Now-2025
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, which translates as Heaven on Earth, rises prettily from just west of Hermanus. When we first visited in 2003 the wineries, notably Hamilton Russell and Bouchard Finlayson, were all in the lower part of the valley, but more recently plantings at the top of the valley - higher, drier, with warmer days but cooler nights - have increased. Enjoying naturally low pH soils, and moderate temperatures, cooled by winds from the ocean, this really is a sweet spot in the Cape.
Domaine des Dieux is a small estate just above Ataraxia at the very top of the valley in the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge zone. The farm, with vineyards on the slopes of the Babylon's Toren mountain, was bought in 2002, with an initial focus on making the first sparkling wines in Hemel-en-Aarde (and boy have they succeeded) but still Chardonnay and Pinot Noir followed. Des Dieux have an interesting model: they have 20 hectares of unirrigated vines but no cellar (and no electricity on site either!). Winemaking of each of the wines is overseen by a specialist winemaker in local cellars.
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