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the den, Pinotage 2024
W.O. Western Cape
CULTIVARS
Pinotage 85.46%, Shiraz 8.48% Mourvédre 6.06%
ANALYSIS
Alc: 14.22% | R.S: 2.1g/l | T.A: 5.2g/l | Ph: 3.75
TASTING NOTES
Medium-bodied with ripe boysenberry and mulberry, savory spice, subtle cocoa, and toasty wood flavours,
AGEING POTENTIAL
This wine can be enjoyed up to four years from vintage.
THE VINEYARD
Pinotage grapes for this wine were harvested from dry land bush vines of Knollerfontain farm in Voo-Paardeberg and high-altitude vineyards in Breedekloof. For additional interest and complexity, we blended Shiraz from Stellenbosch and Swartland Mourvédre to the wine.
WINEMAKING
The bulk of this wine was fermented in Stainless steel tank and matured in these tanks with staves, 20% was fermented in open top fermenters using both wild and commercial yeast. The 20% consist of Pinotage from a top breedekloof vineyard 700M in altitude, and Organic Mourvedre from Kasteelsig in the Swartland these wines were matured in old barrels mostly 3rd to 5th fill.
THE STORY OF THIS WINE
Social wines to be enjoyed with friends and family, these wines are named for the den, the heart of all painted wolf communities. Flavour-packed, soft and juicy comfort wines.
