WINEMAKER: Abrie Beeslaar

COMPOSITION: 100% Pinotage

ORIGIN: Simonsberg, Stellenbosch

AGE OF VINES: Up to 61 year old bush vines

IRRIGATION: None – dry land

SOIL TYPE: Decomposed Granite, Hutton and Clovelly soils

YIELD: 5 tons per hectare

AGEING POTENTIAL: Under decent conditions at least 15 years from vintage

PRODUCTION VOLUME: 75 000 bottles

FOOD PAIRING

Red meat or spicy Asian style dishes when young. Better with lamb or mutton when matured.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

A warm dry season with hot days during picking

WINEMAKING / MATURATION

Fermentation took place in open top concrete fermenters at 28 C. Cap was punched manually every 2 hours and was the juice drawn off the skins after 3 days. Matured for 18 months in 75% new and 25% 2nd fill 225L French oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES

A complex wine with layers of different aromas that evolve in the glass. The 2014 vintage offers more red fruit flavours in its youth, but after some bottle age this wine will start to show some farmyard, earthy and forest floor characteristics.

ALC 14.8% | RS 3.1 g/l | TA 5.4 g/l | pH 3.76 | FREE SO2 50 mg/l | TOTAL SO2 111 mg/l | VA 0.78 g/l

Accolades

Tim Atkin MW – 93 points

Stephen Tanzer – 91 points

Wine Spectator – 91 points

Wine Advocate – 90 points

Platter’s Guide – 4.5*

Data Sheet

https://kanonkop.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Pinotage-2014.pdf