Stellenbosch 1679 Old Vine Pinotage

Game, beef and lamb dishes.

Good summer rainfall, hot and dry ripening season with heat wave during January, followed by cool and wet days during picking. Small berries, with excellent colour and flavour intensity, harvested at optimum phenolic ripeness.

18 months in 300 litre French oak barrels.

7 days on skins in open top fermenters at 25°C.

Koelenhof Winery is a renowned wine-producing estate located in the picturesque Stellenbosch region of South Africa. The year 1679 marks the first recorded history of the town of Stellenbosch. It is at this time that then Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, Simon van der Stel, established the town of Stellenbosch. Van der Stel is widely acknowledged for his role in the development of the South African wine industry. As a celebrated and leading producer of fine wines, we are proud to offer an award-winning range of wines with our Stellenbosch 1679 range. Our range offers deliciously blended wines with unique flavour profiles from grapes grown on the sloped vineyards of Stellenbosch, located in the Western Province of South Africa.