Thorne & Daughters Copper Pot Pinot Noir Western Cape South Africa 2022

Description

Thorne & Daughters was started in 2013 by John and Tasha Seccombe with the aim of producing authentic wines from the Western Cape. It is widely acknowledged to be one of the forerunners of the ‘New Wave’ wine movement in South Africa. Thorne & Daughters is mainly focused on producing Cape white blends, from 15 different growers in Bot River, Stellenbosch, Voor Paardeberg, Swartland, Citrusdal, Franschhoek and Overberg. Fruit sourcing has relied on a network of close winemaking friends and knocking on doors to gather the various parcels with which they work. John and Tasha did not want to be limited geographically, so the net was cast wide and has been driven by “a happy synergy of people, place, soil and vines”.

Copper Pot is what John Seccombe describes as "our vin de table", a wine that he's been making with Pinot Noir fruit from the Bottelary Hills and the Overberg since 2013. Supple, juicy and easy drinking with savoury tannins, summer pudding sweetness and some whole bunch sap and texture.

90 points, Tim Aitkin