MOYA MEAKER
2023 Pinot Noir Elgin
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | South Africa, Elgin |
| Village | Elgin |
| ABV | 13% |
A crisp, fresh and pure pinot noir that has cranberry, redcurrant and orange aromas. It’s medium-bodied, superclean and bright. Drink now. Rating: 91 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Nov 2024)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.The idea here, according to Jean Smit, is to express Elgin's cool climate in the glass. Made with a 60/40 split of the 667 and 777 clones, aged in 20% new wood, it's tangy, focused and slightly austere, with redcurrant, blood orange and rhubarb flavours and sinewy tannins. Drinking range: 2026 - 2030 Rating: 92 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Sept 2025)
The 2023 Pinot Noir Elgin comes from vines on Bokkeveld shale, fermented with whole berries but not whole clusters to avoid pepperiness. It matured in 20% new Burgundian barrels for 11 months. This is perhaps a step up from the 2022 last year. There’s more complexity and sous-bois characteristics on the nose, with vivacious red berry fruit, briar and graphite. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid red fruit and good structure. Gently grippy, this might just miss a bit of finesse and persistence, but it has the substance to merit aging in bottle. Drinking range: 2025 - 2035 Rating: 90 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Sept 2024)
Moya Meaker
Canadian businessman and former owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau Gaby, David Curl married South African born Genevieve Hamilton-Brown which ultimately led them to Elgin where they acquired a farm called Habibi, planted mainly to apples but also including small parcels of Pinot Noir and Shiraz, the resulting wines named after Genevieve’s late mother Moya Meaker, who was crowned Miss South Africa in 1959.
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