Lanzerac Pionier Pinotage 2022

The Lanzerac Pionier Pinotage is a tribute to the world’s first bottled Pinotage - a 1959 Lanzerac Pinotage. The 2022 Pionier has excellent deep color, with typical varietal aromas like ripe, plummy red fruit on the nose and palate. A big mouth-feel, complex and velvety pallet, and long and lingering aftertaste rounds of this wine perfectly.

Enjoy this flagship wine with a slow cooked rich oxtail and butter bean curry or duck au vin with chestnuts, onions and mushrooms.

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variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Lanzerac

winemaker : Wynand Lategan

wine of origin : Jonkershoek Valley

analysis : alc : 13.84 % vol rs : 3.1 g/l pH : 3.42 ta : 6.0 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

in the cellar : After harvesting the grapes were de-stalked and hand-sorted followed by natural fermentation in open wooden fermenters. The natural fermentation took about 7 days to complete after which the wine was pressed with a small basket press. Malolactic fermentation took place in new-, second and third fill 225 litre French oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation the wine was racked and sulphured. During maturation in barrel for a total time of 21 months the wine was racked a further two times to soften the tannins.

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