Angus Paul Transient Lands Pinotage

The vision for Transient Lands is to ‘source, blend and bottle special parcels of Pinotage across the Western Cape and become an expression of each vintage through that grape’s proverbial lens.’. The 2023 vintage is sourced from three parcels – 18% from the granitic Polkadraai Hills above Stellenbosch, 28% from the Stanford Foothills far down the South Coast, employing cooler weather and sandstone derived soils and 46% from the sandy granite soils of the Paardenberg in the Swartland.

The 2023 vintage shows fruit abundance and generosity. The nose is loaded with waves of red and black berries, dark cherries and star anise. The palate is equally fruit forward: round, gentle tannins (a signature of the 2022 vintage) are coated in a bouncing fruit abundance. The acid is fine and taught.