A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol and trained under Romain Guiberteau

and trained under Romain Guiberteau before launching his own small estate in 2015

It rewards patience

iron and earth on the finish

almost pure chalk with very little clay

geology that shows up in the glass as a chalky mineral edge rather than as fruit weight

A.A. Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsault 2023 Bandol and trained under Romain GuiberteauThe Land The Swartland reads as hot, dry, and flat from a distance, and the Paardeberg corrects that impression. The mountain is a granite pluton rising out of the wheat country between Malmesbury and Wellington, and the Badenhorst farms climb its slopes from 180 to 330 meters. Ramnasgras is a single 1. 6 hectare parcel of old bush vines facing southeast, planted in decomposed granite. Granite here is a specific kind of luck: it drains hard, holds