David & Nadia Elpidios
- Red
- South Africa
- Swartland
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Grenache
- Pinotage
- Tracked vintages
- 10
- Community notes
- 236
- Merchant offers
- 58
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 94/ 1002023 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 80/ 100236 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £29per 75 cl2020 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025
- Drinking window
- 2021–2036peak2018 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 63 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: South African Pinotage Blend.
- Body4.4 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.1 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.6 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.6 / 5
- DrySweet
- Red fruit · red fruit, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, red currant
- Earth · earthy, leather, smoke, minerals, forest floor
- Black fruit · blackberry, plum, bramble, mulberry, black fruit
- Oak · vanilla, oak, tobacco, clove, chocolate
- Spice · pepper, dried herbs, rosemary, white pepper, cinnamon
- Floral · violet, jasmine, rose hip, lavender
Grapes: Shiraz/Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Pinotage. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2016One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2020
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202394critic
- 202294criticunit not stated
- 202183drinkersunit not stated
- 202092critic£29 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025
- 201994critic£25 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025
- 201891critic
- 201793critic£21 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025
- 201692critic£21 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025
- 201581drinkers
- 201391critic
- Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2022
- 94 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2017
- peak, window 2021–2036
- Lowest price
- 2016
- £21 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £29 | 92.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025 |
| 2019 | £25 | 93.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025 |
| 2017 | £21 | 93 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025 |
| 2016 | £21 | 92 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025 |
Where to go next
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