Pinot Noir

The palate has fine grained tannins, making this wine a perfect partner for duck, goat’s milk cheese, salmon and line fish.

There are 3 different vineyard blocks of Pinot Noir on our Glen Carlou estate. The trellised vines are densely planted with more than 5000 vines per hectare, comprising of the clone 113 and 115. The soil structure is primarily Glenrosa Shale with deeper Clay soils. Small yet flavourful berries are harvested from low yielding vines.

Before final blending and bottling, the wine was matured in 2nd fill 225 litre French oak barrels.

Hand-picked and sorted, the grapes were fermented under cool conditions in small open top stainless steel tanks. To retain the natural texture of the fruit, minimal intervention in the cellar is followed.

Glen Carlou is a Simonsberg-Paarl wine estate known for Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and classic South African red blends. With vineyards rooted in granite, quartz and koffieklip soils, the estate produces wines shaped by site, structure and a long-standing focus on balance.