Cabernet Franc Breton, Van Loggerenberg 2023

This comes from two plots in Stellenbosch and is fermented on skins for 12 weeks ahead of ageing in concrete and some 500 litre barrels. Bright ruby in colour, the nose is quintessential cool Cabernet Franc, with notes of graphite, cranberry and red cherry intermingled with dried rosemary, mint and sage. That mixture of dried herbs and red fruit meets again on the palate, which has a pithy, chalky tructure and juicy acidity. Lithe and fine-boned with a fragrant, edgy fruit character, this is unmistakable in its varietal character and could easily fool someone into thinking it comes from the Loire.