Pinotage Reserve

Suggested food pairings include grilled red meats, especially richer cuts like rib eye or rump. Wonderfully paired with hearty tomato based dishes and stews. Mature cheeses and blues with sweet preserves and nuts also compliment the ripe plum flavours in our Pinotage Reserve.

Grapes are planted on a north-west facing slope with a high potential, medium structure yellow-brown soil type (Tukulu). All were hand-picked mid February.

All the wine was aged in new oak barrels for 16 months. 40% American and 60% French oak first fills.

Fermentation initiated in 500l open-top oak barrels with 20% of the total crush fermenting naturally and the balance with commercial yeast. Pump overs and manual punch downs with regular intervals were done during fermentation to maximise extraction of flavour. Wine pressed early off the skins, leaving a higher RS, into all new 225l American oak and French oak barrels, where fermentation would finish.

Anura Vineyards is owned and run by Tymen, Jenny and Lance Bouma. Positioned on the foothills on the Simonsberg Mountains, Anura boasts a wide variety of soils, slopes and microclimates. This allows us to grow a wide selection of cultivars, some uncommon in South Africa, and also to match each cultivar with its ideal soil and microclimate. With each passing harvest we learn more about our soils and vineyards, and refine our vineyard and cellar practices in order to create the finest wines for our unique terroir. Our passion is red wine, and with plantings of Mourvédre, Petit Verdot, Grenache, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese and Malbec, among more classic, locally grown varietals, we aim to produce handcrafted wines for individuals who are looking for something unique and distinctive.