Mvemve Raats 'MR De Compostella' 2020

Soft, gorgeous and understated until you get to know it. Red fruit leads the charge with fragrant rosemary and black peppercorns playing second fiddle. The palate is fine and energetic, loaded with rich, ripe fruit and baking spices. Very long and impressive. This is truly a great wine of South Africa - "The Compilation of Stars": top vineyard sites and variety selections aged for a year in barrel and then blended into this iconic wine. One of the most highly rated red blends in South Africa.

2020 is tasting beautiful already. Sure, there is plenty of scope for it to evolve in the cellar, but this wine is beautifully balanced and ready for drinking.

After making wine around the world and honing his craft in the Cape, Bruwer Raats established Raats Family Wines in 2000, based on a policy of ‘excellence through specialisation’, focusing on two unfashionable grapes varieties at the time, Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc.

Purchasing the only land he could afford, some relatively cheap and ‘undesirable’ plots in the Polkadraai Hills, it soon became apparent that the unique granite-based terroir was producing some incredible wines, and is now recognised as one of the finest wards in Stellenbosch. His Eden High Density Single Vineyard Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc, and the iconic MR de Compostella hold a place as some of South Africa’s finest wines and sit comfortably amongst the best expressions of the varieties on the planet.