| Winemaker |
Beyers Truter |
| Varieties |
100 % Pinotage |
| Origin |
Simonsberg - Stellenbosch |
| Climate |
A dry hot growing season which resulted in good colour and fruit for the earlier ripening reds. A good year for Pinotage!
The year of the fire at Kanonkop. |
| Age of Vines |
55 Years and older bush vines |
| Irrigation |
None |
| Soil |
Hutton |
| Yield |
5 Tons/ha |
| Vinification |
3-4 Days on the skins in open fermenters at 28 ºC. Punch cap by hand every two hours in the beginning of fermentation.
After malolactic fermentation aged in new 225 lit. French oak for 14 months. |
| Product Description |
A deep red full bodied Pinotage with complex black and red berry and oak flavours on the palate that will integrate
well with bottle age. A wine that will last at least 5-8 years in the bottle. |
| Chenical Analysis |
| Alcohol |
Free SO2 |
Total SO2 |
PH |
T/A |
R/S |
V/A |
| 13,.67 |
34 |
78 |
3,6 |
5,3 |
2,1 |
0,61 |
|
