2016 Clarence House Estate Reserve was also one of my top wines. Bottle-age has built complexity, so that forest floor nuances are adding to the sweet, red cherry and cedary oak. I thought the palate fabulously plump, with fine tannins to finish. Bennie almost agreed with me. “Supple texture, a touch hollow in flavour but whatʼs there (and in the perfume) is cherry-imbued and generally very pleasing,” he wrote. “Soft fruits, some tangy lift and a dusting of pretty spice. Sits in the glass nicely, has the silken flow expected from pinot.