Atticus

Rich oxtail or red meat dishes

This was the third successive dry winter which led to a small crop and gradual ripening. Tiny berries allowed the production of wines with highly concentrated varietal character.

The wine matured in American oak.

The grapes were harvested at 25.5°B, the juice spent 6 hours on the skins before inoculation. fermentation took place at 26-28°C for about 4 days. Pumped over 3 times daily during alcoholic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation was completed in tanks.

Bellevue Wine Estate, a family-owned estate with over 200 years of winemaking heritage, proudly pioneered one of South Africa’s first commercial Pinotage plantings. Rooted in Stellenbosch's rich viticultural history, we create terroir-driven wines with minimal intervention, crafting each bottle to tell a story.