4 ½ Stars 2025 John Platter’s South African Wine Guide Truly handcrafted, as all: picked full-ripe to avoid green notes, into open fermenters, then basket press, to older barrels to finish ferment & mature 24 months. Deeply opulent 22 (93 pts) impresses with cassis & black cherry richness, the wood adding a spice dusting & chocolate notes. Body is curvaceous, this cab with seduction in mind, hard to resist.90 pts Wine Advocate June 2025 In a screw-cap bottle, the Black Pearl Wines 2022 Swartland Cabernet Sauvignon opens to medium weight and lifted aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, pressed rose, herb and wet slate. There is a 15% addition of Shiraz in the blend. The wine is angular and focused in personality, but it fleshes out quickly to offer extra richness and texture. It offers a soft entry to the palate. Production is 36,000 bottles. 2024-2029
