Kanonkop
Pinotage 5L
Pinotage from Stellenbosch, South Africa
R9,000
Bottle size:
5.0 L
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Rueda Wine Bright red in colour, with a purple hue. Bold aromas of plums & blackberries, with layers of liquorice, smoke, roasted nuts and rich vanilla on the nose. The palate is packed with flavours of plums, black and red cherries, dark chocolate and spicy oak.
Plum
Red Cherry
Dark Chocolate
Liquorice
Cellaring Potential:
10 to 20 years
Origin:
Stellenbosch
Appellation:
Stellenbosch
Alcohol Volume:
13.91%
Sugar G/L:
2.4
Cultivar:
100% Pinotage
Fermented in open top concrete fermenters at 29C. The floating skins were punched down by hand, every 2 hours during fermentation. The juice was drawn off the skins after 5 days.
After malolactic fermentation the wine was matured for 24 months in 100% new 225L French Nevers oak barrels.
Red meat or spicy Asian style dishes when young. Better with lamb or mutton when matured.
Poultry
Beef
Lamb
Spicy Food
Kanonkop
The name Kanonkop was derived from a kopje (hillock) from which a cannon was fired in the 17th Century to alert farmers in outlying areas that sailing ships plying the waters between Europe and the Far East had entered Table Bay for a stopover at Cape Town.
Description
Bright red in colour, with a purple hue. Bold aromas of plums & blackberries, with layers of liquorice, smoke, roasted nuts and rich vanilla on the nose. The palate is packed with flavours of plums, black and red cherries, dark chocolate and spicy oak.
Plum
Red Cherry
Dark Chocolate
Liquorice
Food Pairing
Red meat or spicy Asian style dishes when young. Better with lamb or mutton when matured.
Poultry
Beef
Lamb
Spicy Food