Right off the first nose, you are saying: “Here we go, it’s the Grand Vin!” A deep cherry colour tending to even deeper black raspberry colours in the glass, this Wismer-Parke Wild West End 2024 has a subtly meaty nose that is hidden underneath loads of fruit. Effusive red fruits dominate: raspberries, cranberries, a touch of rhubarb, a touch of blueberry, a touch of cassis. In the mouth, the volume is stunning: glycerine-laden savoury black licorice and bramble-berry fruit warms and goes on and on and on! It finishes long, surprisingly juicy and saline-mineral with a touch of pencil shavings… The magnesium oxide here imbues a savoury seashore salty finish to this gorgeous wine. Incredible, head-shaking complexity on the interminable finish. Very possibly, this is the terroir of the vintage to lay down! We have never witnessed a Wild West End this complete!

A word from Mary: Earthy notes on the nose. Choke Cherry mid-palate and long finish.

Drinking prime: Now – 2038

Best fruit window: A delicious peak in 2028 – 2034

Cases produced: 99