4 ½ Stars 2024 John Platter’s South African Wine Guide Extracted 20 (93 pts) has brooding black berry & plum fruit, dense ripe tannins, all kept vibrant by acidity, burnished by 22 months in barrel, 50% new. Imposing now & for many years.90 pts Tim Atkin MW 2024 Confirming Bellevue’s standing as a very good interpreter of the Cape’s very own crossing, this new French oak-aged red has good structure and intensity, well-judged tannins, layers of bramble and strawberry and top notes of sweet kitchen spices. 2024-29
