Rall Wines Red 2024 CS20230828 with the Pacific in view

with the Pacific in view — a pretty unusual address for Cabernet Sauvignon in California

salty minerality

Cape South Coast

And for good reason: it's really

Pechuga literally means chest

Rall Wines Red 2024 CS20230828 with the Pacific in viewDonovan Rall has been one of the reasons the wine world stopped condescending to South Africa. He started in 2008 with almost nothing, hunting down old bush vine parcels across the Swartland and matching each grape to the soil that suited it best. This is his red blend: Syrah leading, with Grenache, Carignan and Cinsault filling in around it, fermented entirely whole bunch and raised in a mix of big foudres, concrete and seasoned French oak nothing