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Red dry
A classic South African “Cape Blend” combining 'Pinotage' with Bordeaux varieties. It is a rich yet fresh Stellenbosch wine that reflects the style of Kanonkop Estate.
The nose reveals cherries, plums, blackcurrants and raspberries, complemented by notes of cinnamon, allspice and chocolate. On the palate, the wine is juicy and fresh, with ripe berry fruit, silky tannins and pleasant spiciness.
The wine is made from 'Pinotage' (38%), 'Merlot' (34%), 'Cabernet Sauvignon' (24%), 'Cabernet Franc' (3%) and 'Petit Verdot' (1%). The grapes are grown in decomposed granite and Hutton soils.
The grapes are fermented in open concrete tanks, after which the wine is aged for 12 months in used French oak barrels.
Serve at 16-18°C with beef or lamb burgers, beef stew with mushrooms, pizzas, pasta with meat sauce.
Kanonkop Winery is often referred to as South Africa’s Priemier Grand Cru Classe winery. The family winery, which has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 40 years, owns 100 hectares of vineyards on the slopes of Mount Simonsberg, where more than 50 years old Pinotage vines can be found. Here the productions are some of the best red wines in all of South Africa. Wine production is based on old traditions: most of the vineyards are not artificially irrigated, the wine is fermented in shallow wide concrete tanks and then matured in French oak barrels; and everything is done on the same farm.
