Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2013 40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon

40% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Gris

with blood orange and rooibos tea notes

concentrated and gently sweet

for 2022 Fire By Night is lemony with citrus blossom essences

Then bright and penetrating on the palate

Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2013 40% Semillon and 14% SauvignonThe other 2013 offered in my tasting was the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortis, which is a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 3% Merlot. An absolutely spectacular offering from Pine Ridge and one of their all time great Cabernet Sauvignons, this prodigious blend has an inky purple color to the rim and a gorgeous nose of charcoal, asphalt, graphite, blueberry, blackberry and cassis, while not a trace of oak seems to make it through. The wine