Mesas Pinotage

Beef, Game (deer, venison), Poultry

Wines were bottled in March 2023 after having spent 10 months in barrel with no racking, and 2 months in steel tank.

Hand picked and cooled overnight. Grapes were then added as complete whole bunches into closed vessels for semi-carbonic fermentation. A small portion (15%) was pressed directly to create a rosé and was blended back post malolactic fermentation. Fermentation took place over 10 days. After draining, the remaining grapes were pressed to old wooden barrels. A spontaneous malolactic fermentation then took place, and in early Autumn wines were sulphured for the first time.

The profoundest facet of wine, beyond its flavour, is when and where it can be utterly unique - otherwise all the wine in the world might as well come from a single factory in France (or Taiwan). Angus Paul Wines looks to identify that which makes South Africa unique; combining its old rocks, atavistic gees and quasi-indigenous varietals to produce wines that could only come from the windy Cape. Chenin blanc and Pinotage take the lead roles in the winery - along with a small but genuine supporting cast of other grapes - where they are left untampered to bear the transcription of the sunshine, soil and soul of the Western Cape.