Pinot Noir

Grilled salmon or tuna. Lighter, mildly prepared beef of pork.

The weather was moderate during the harvest and produced grapes of low sugar levels and good natural acidity. The Overberg vineyards bring a classic strawberry fruit profile, while the vineyards in Elgin add structure. The Durbanville vineyards give an alluring perfume.

Barrel matured for 14 months in French oak, primarily 2nd, 3rd and 4th-fill and about 10% new oak.

All grapes were hand-picked into small lug-boxes; half of the grapes were destemmed and given hand punch-downs and the other half in closed tanks done with pump-overs. About 20% of the wine was whole-bunch fermented.

Kara-Tara is a joint-venture between Rüdger van Wyk (2018 Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year) and José Conde of Stark-Condé Wines. Translated from the Khoisan, the language from the first people in Southern Africa, it means “deep dark shadows” and refers to the Karatara river that runs through Rüdger’s home town, near Knysna which is located in South Africa, on the Cape South Coast, facing the Indian Ocean.