Windmeul Pinotage 2010

Eye: Plum-red colour.
Nose: Well-balanced banana and plum, with coffee and chocolate on the nose.
Palate: Well-balanced between the fruit and wood.

Particularly good with ostrich and richly flavoured dishes, or on its own - slightly chilled in summer.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Windmeul Cellar

winemaker : Fancois van Niekerk

wine of origin : Paarl

analysis : alc : 13.91 % vol rs : 2.6 g/l pH : 3.61 ta : 5.9 g/l so2 : 101 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Our bush vines were planted in 1996 and yield around 7 tons/ha. Soils are a combinations of shale and stony; the aspect is north to north-east.

about the harvest: Mainly by hand. Harvested in February.

in the cellar : Soft crushing, careful control of temperature during fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

Ageing: 12 months in second and third fill barrels, French oak.

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