PETIT VERDOT (43%) SYRAH (35%) NEBBIOLO (12%) MOURVÈDRE (7%) VIOGNIER (3%)
One Man Band red wine is cool climate peppery spice, grippy tannins, with layers of bramble and black cherry fruit.
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2021 One Man Band
R336.00
One Man Band red wine is cool climate peppery spice, grippy tannins, with layers of bramble and black cherry fruit.
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Description
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Accolades
Accolades
TIM ATKIN MW 2025 SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL REPORT [ 94/100 ]
PREVIOUS VINTAGES
“Syrah and Petit Verdot continue to lead the ensemble in vibrant 2020, 4 others (including dab viognier) in harmony. Earthier, meatier and plusher than sibling, as deftly extracted and oaked (20% new, mostly French), both laudably moderate 13.5% alc. Tasty now, deserves cellaring.”
PLATTER’S WINE GUIDE [ 4½ stars – 94/100 ]
MIGUEL CHAN [ 93/100 ]
TIM ATKIN MW 2023 SOUTH AFRICA SPECIAL REPORT [ 93/100 ]
“One Man Band is much more fully realised. Really well defined fruit, lovely freshness and nice tannic grip. Strong bones and good musculature, if you will.”
CHRISTIAN EEDES What I drank Last night. [ 93/100 ]
OLD MUTUAL TROPHY WINE SHOW 2021, SILVER [ 90/100 ]
“Dried meat, ripe fruit with greater juiciness than their Syrah – still full of fruit and power. Smooth, silken, powdery tannins with soft acid and long, beef-stock notes on the finish.”
RICHARD HEMMING MW [ 17+/20 ]
JANCIS ROBINSON MW [ 17/20 ]
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Technical Details
Technical Details
ALCOHOL 13.3% RESIDUAL SUGAR 2.3 g/l TOTAL ACIDITY 5.7 g/l PH 3.5 -
Winemaking
Winemaking
Our red wine vinification is very traditional. Hand harvested, before being destemmed and sorted on a vibrating table, the grapes were destemmed and not crushed. Once wild fermentation had started the skin cap was softly punched down 2 times per a day to achieve desired extraction.
Post fermentation the wines underwent extended maceration; the wines were tasted regularly in order to assess the extraction level and when to press-off. Once pressed off, the wines undergo spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel where they were aged for 16-18 months in 500L French oak barrels, of which 20% is new oak.
SYRAH: Syrah is dense and powerful, but with bags of ripe red berry fruit and spice. It provides the warmth in the blend that is a perfect counterpoint to the coolness of the Iona contributions.
MOURVÈDRE: Lends weight, spice and wild berries to the blend.
PETIT VERDOT: It is very tannic and dark, but brings great colour, structure and aromatics to the blend.
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Vintage Notes
Vintage Notes
The 2021 vintage experienced a typical cold Elgin winter, with snow on the high mountain peaks and high winter rainfall, after 5 years of very dry and unusually warm winter conditions. This enabled good vine dormancy. Bud break took place in ideal warm and sunny conditions. The impact of below than average winter rains in the previous years and windy conditions during October and November resulted in very uneven flowering. As a result, berry set was uneven leading to smaller berries that have good concentration of flavours. Cool weather conditions during December and January slowed down ripening.
The 2021 vintage was characterised by late rainfall and increased the risk of disease. Sorting was again crucial this year and the fruit that remained shows wonderful intensity and fruit concentration. The late rain helped nourish the soils and more importantly, helped the vine focus on grape ripening rather than foliage growth, resulting in concentrated berries with low pH and lower sugar levels. The net result of the later vintage and very cool weather conditions in 2021, is that the grapes had high natural acidity, achieved steady phenolic ripeness and plenty of intense and concentrated fruit flavours.
