Kara-Tara

Pinot Noir

Name: Chardonnay
Brand: Kara-Tara
Price: 245 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: Platter's 5 (3 reviews)

Pinot Noir from Western Cape, South Africa

R240

Bottle size:

750 ml

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An elegant, lightly-wooded style of Pinot Noir showing classic strawberry and red cherry notes coupled with a hint of spice. A firm, yet silky-smooth tannin-structure supports the lovely bright fruit characteristics of the wine.

Vanilla

Strawberry

Cherry

Spice

The grapes were hand-picked into small lug-boxes for transport to the winery. Half of the grapes were put into open-top fermenters and given hand punch-downs and the other half in closed tanks done with regular pump-overs. About 20% of the wine was whole-bunch fermented. After primary fermentation, the wine was basket-pressed and racked for malolactic fermentation and subsequent barrel maturation. Only French oak was used, primarily neutral oak, but with about 10% new oak.

Kara-Tara

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.