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At university, Alex Milner (of Natte Valleij) was part of the Western Province cycling team, with a minor in winemaking. (He only half-jokingly says.)
But then, Alex hadn't discovered Cinsault yet. Tamlyn Currin of jancisrobinson.com writes: "Alex Milner's exquisite Cinsaults seem to become more edgy, more brave, more reckless, every time I taste them." She credits him for discovering Cinsault as a single varietal wine (for her) from single sites and old vines.
"I take one last sip and taste African thunderstorms. Damn the man," she writes. Alex says he finds these old vine sites cycling in the vineyards, sends the GPS coordinates to his wife, and they work backward, finding the owners and doing the deals. Since Tamlyn's first effusive report, his site-specific Cinsaults from Darling and Stellenbosch have only garnered more and more critical acclaim. *He also makes an incredible Pinotage that Tamlyn says should be outlawed and a top-selling Chenin Blanc from 1985 old vines in Darling.
