Pinot Noir

Elegant white meat dishes do this wine justice – serve slightly chilled. This wine will benefit from decanting.

8km from the Ocean near a small village called Vermaaklikheid on the South Coast of South Africa.

Matured for 10 months in French Oak.

Inoculated with selected yeast strains from the Burgundy, France. Primary fermentation in open fermenters with manual punch downs @ 22-28 °C. After 8 days skin contact; pressed directly to Foudre, 3rd fill, and 1 new 300L French Oak barrel where Malolactic fermentation completed naturally.

Situated on the lime-rich soils on the cliff banks of the Duivenhoks River, Baleia is a unique terroir standing alone on this beautiful district of the Cape South Coast. A stone’s throw away from Sebastian’s Bay and the towns of Vermaklikheid and Stilbaai, the wines smell of the ocean!