Nederburg Pinotage (single bottle)

100% Pinotage

Serve with rich winter stews, roast duck, guineafowl, quail, ostrich, game casserole, classic goulash, venison steak, smoked Kassler chops, pasta, pizza, roast leg of lamb, bobotie and even chocolate.

The grapes were sourced from vineyards in and around the Western Cape. Planted between 1990 and 1998, the vines are grown in decomposed granite, Kroonstad and Swartland soils. The vineyards are situated on south to south-westerly facing slopes, some 80m to 150m above sea level. Grafted onto nematode-resistant rootstocks Richter 99, 110 and 101-114, the vines receive supplementary irrigation from an overhead sprinkler system. Yields averaged between 8 and 10 tons per hectare.

The grapes were harvested by hand and machine at 23° to 24.5° Balling from the end of January to mid-February.

Yields averaged between 8 and 10 tons per hectare.

After harvesting, the grapes were crushed and cool-fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at 25º C to 28º C for approximately two weeks. After malolactic fermentation the wine was matured in second- and third-fill oak barrels for a period of 8 to 12 months.

This wine is made entirely from Pinotage grapes.