DeWaal Top of the Hill Pinotage 2002

Name: DeWaal Top of the Hill Pinotage 2002
Brand: DeWaal
SKU: 17027

Ink dark wine with intense flavours of rich black plum fruit, cigars, dark chocolate and spiciness.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : De Waal Wines

winemaker : Daniel de Waal

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.68 % vol rs : 3.2 g/l pH : 3.7 ta : 5.9 g/l

type : Red style : Dry taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

The Top-of-the-Hill Pinotage is made from an almost 60-year-old single vineyard and only in those years that Daniel de Waal deems it of exceptional quality.

Four previous vintages (1996, 1997, 2000 & 2001) have been worthy of this honour and all have received the ABSA Top 10 Pinotage award. The Top-of-the-Hill Pinotage wines also boast with 4 and 5 stars in John Platters Wine Guide, was awarded WINE magazine Pinotage Champion and received Double gold at the Veritas Awards. Danil de Waal received the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year award for the 2001 DeWaal Top of the Hill Pinotage.

ageing : CELLAR BARREL MATURATION: 21 months 225-litre French barriques (100% new)
BOTTLING DATE: February 2004
FUTURE MATURATION POTENTIAL: 10-20 years

in the vineyard :

LOCATION OF VINEYARD: On warmer north facing slopes
SOIL TYPE: Gravel & loam
AGE OF VINEYARD: 55-60 years
ROOTSTOCK: R99
METHOD OF TRELLISING: Bushvines

about the harvest:

SUGAR LEVEL AT HARVEST: 24,5º B
YIELD PER HECTARE: 3.5 tons per hectare

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