I don’t know how Laura Taylor does it. Private Cellar’s marketing director has managed – after a similar coup with the previous vintage – to snare an elusive and handsome parcel of 2022 Hamilton Russell Vineyards Chardonnay and Pinot Noir especially for readers of The Spectator. You cannot buy these anywhere else yet.
These are wines of the highest order and greatly sought-after and we are blessed to be so honoured. Indeed, as Anthony Hamilton Russell himself said to Laura: ‘Your allocation is more than many countries get!’
It helps, of course, that Laura knows the estate – in South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde Valley – well, and that she visited it only a month or so ago. It helps, too, that AHR is a longtime subscriber to our organ and has the distinction of hosting more Spectator Winemaker Lunches than any other producer: six at the last count.
I expect these wines to fly out the door, so if you’re interested in nabbing the finest Chardonnay and Pinot in all the Cape, then get your blooming skates on.
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