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Rijk's Private Cellar Pinotage 2001

Purple colour. Fresh red current,plenty of banana, plums and rich spicy flavours. Succulent vanilla mouthfeel. Very accessible.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Pierre Wahl
wine of origin : Tulbagh
analysis : alc : 14.4 % vol  rs : 1.9 g/l  pH : 3.29  ta : 5.8 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Huge   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
  • Absa Top 10 finalist.
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    ageing : Up to 8 years from bottling.
    in the vineyard : Vines: Single vineyard block, 1.41 ha
    Clone: PI 48A
    Trellis: Double Cordon
    about the harvest: Harvest Date: 8 February 2001
    Yield: 9.82 Tons @ 6.96 Tons / ha
    in the cellar : Night harvested and hand-picked. Cold soaked for 48 hours. Malolactic fermentation took place in barrel. Maturation took place in for 18 months in new 60% French and 40% American (80% new & 20% 2nd-fill) oak barrels.
    Bottling Date: August 2002.
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