Paul Cluver Seven Flags Pinot Noir

Elgin, South Africa

South Africa's most celebrated cool-climate Pinot Noir from ancient Bokkeveld shale at altitude. Red cherry, blood orange, dried rose, forest floor, and the distinctive saline minerality of Elgin's ancient soils. Burgundian in transparency, South African in intensity.

Pairing intelligence

• main: South African game and South Africa's finest Pinot — springbok's lean gaminess is lifted by the wine's cherry transparency; fynbos smoke echoes the shale mineral
• main: A regional pairing — Elgin's apple heritage in the butter meets Elgin's finest wine; salmon's fat is cut by Pinot's bright acidity