variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Anri Truter
wine of origin : Western Cape
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 4.7 g/l pH : 3.63 ta : 5.3 g/l
type : Red style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity wooded
pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap
in the vineyard : We had an excellent winter with the ideal conditions for the vines during their rest period. Budding started end of August with a lot of rain, which created high disease pressure. In October, we had strong winds that continued until mid-January. The wind had a positive effect on the disease pressure but had a negative effect on flowering, and in the end our yield.
Harvest started 7 days earlier at the end of January due to a few heat waves in January. Weather conditions were great during harvest, and we finished early, on 13 March. Quality of the grapes looked excellent even though we are down 20% on our long-term average production. In general, I am very happy with the vintage, although I would have loved a little bit more grapes!
in the cellar : Different systems of skin contact and fermentation in open fermenters, roto tanks, and fermentomatics. 6 to 8 days on skins at 25°C. After malolactic fermentation the wine was treated with oak.