B Vintners Liberté Pinotage, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2022

Producer Profile

In celebration of their Bruwer family heritage, cousins Bruwer Raats and Gavin Bruwer Slabbert created the Bruwer Vintners Vine Exploration Company in 2014.

Their mission was to craft exceptional wines showcasing their heritage and unique terroir, thereby signalling a new future for South African wine. As Gavin explains: “We’re storytellers – always eager to honour our Cape heritage and and its historically linked varieties. However, there are learnings to be taken from the past, too, and it is important to incorporate these lessons today in order to produce finer wine for tomorrow’s wine drinkers.” The result is a range that carefully balances both ends of the winemaking spectrum. By honouring the heritage of the Cape while incorporating innovative, minimal-intervention winemaking techniques, B Vintners lets the vineyard tell the tale, blending past and present to bring you a taste of the future.

Viticulture

The old vineyards are planted exclusively on decomposed granite soils, they are high-lying and in close proximity to the ocean. This combined with the philosophy of picking grapes when they are fresh and ripe, extracting flavours optimally, as well as using good judgement when integrating oak, is extremely important when crafting this special wine.

Winemaking

After fermentation the wine is aged in French Oak, 25% of which is new oak for 16 months.

Tasting Note

Elegance, freshness and finesse is key, still remaining concentrated and age able. Flavours of fresh cherries, blackcurrant and potpourri reveals itself first, with subtleties of dried herbs and spice lending complexity. The palate follows through with fruit concentration, intricate and dense structure, while hints of savoury and spice gives dimensions. The lingering taste of blueberries, is a great reminder of the wines complexity.

Food Matching

Lambshank, wild mushroom risotto or aubergine and red lentel curry