Description
Pinotage is dark – darkly colored, darkly scented, and darkly flavored. Its fruit notes
lean way over towards blackberry, plum, and black currant with earthy bramble in
there. Its most distinctive note is its unmistakable smokiness that presents itself both
on the nose and on the palate. Other notes commonly found in Pinotage are soy sauce,
bacon, tar, anise, and pipe tobacco.
The name Pinotage comes from blending the local names of the two grapes – ‘Pino’ is
fairly obvious, but ‘tage’ comes from Cinsault’s name in South Africa,
Hermitage.Pinotage is South Africa's most widely planted grape variety.
Fermented on skins for 7-12 days then matured in French oak 3-4 months
Ripe plum, berry and coffee flavours
