Ataraxia Serenity

Fruit was sourced from carefully selected vineyard sites with one goal in mind – to create a style of wine that charms and seduces. Serenity is a seamless blend of three varietals, Pinot noir, Cinsault and Pinotage (a family tree of the two parent varietals and progeny) – an interpretation of something authentically South African. As always, the emphasis of this blend remains entirely on style rather than cultivar make-up. Cultivars are merely vehicles to express terroir and not the expression of a wine itself. This wine has the confidence to “whisper” style rather than “shout” brashness through the winemaking excesses of fruit ripeness, extraction in the cellar or an overtly strident use of new oak barrels. It celebrates the virtues of restraint, poise, and tension, promising to be immensely companionable, warmly entertaining, and always charming.