2020 Newton Johnson Albarino (Hemel-en-Aarde)

The saga of importing Albarino vines to South Africa was long and troubled, but what ultimately drove Dave Newton Johnson on was his desire to have a wine to drink with the Cape seafood - and the affinities he saw between the Cape and the Spanish Atlantic seaboard. This is a delicious wine packed with lemon and lime, but more than that, it is a wine of intense texture: crisp, with a leesy tang and a lick of salt on the finish. I cannot imagine a better companion to some grilled octopus or a skewer of fat prawns. (NT 21/06/21)