Kumusha Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 EARHARDT zesty tropical fruit

zesty tropical fruit

It was interesting to see how the wine in the second bottle had filled out in the mid-palate and was more mouth-filling while staying lifted

while whole-bunch pressing and native yeast fermentation in neutral oak for nineteen months build complexity without masking authenticity

wild herbs

this is an ideal aperitif Champagne but has the structure to shine with food

Kumusha Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 EARHARDT zesty tropical fruitTinashe Nyamudoka was head sommelier at Cape Town's Test Kitchen, running one of the best wine lists on the continent, before he decided he'd rather make the stuff than pour it. Kumusha means "your home" in Shona, a nod to the Zimbabwe he came from and the South Africa that gave him his shot. His Cabernet is nothing like the oaky, weighty version the grape usually gets turned into: Western Cape fruit, spontaneous fermentation, aging in old neutral