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Wildekrans, Barrel Select Reserve, Pinotage, 2014, South Africa

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Wildekrans, Barrel Select Reserve, Pinotage, 2014, South Africa

Wildekrans, Barrel Select Reserve, Pinotage, 2014, South Africa

 

This is the best Pinotage i have tasted, Wildekrans, Barrel Select Reserve, 2014 is stunning. Purchased during a trip to the vineyard in 2017 its a dry red with well integrated tannins, incredible smooth and luxurious in the month. Red and black fruit flavours with oak and vanilla notes, a little spice and overall softness made it a wine to sip over a few evenings, which is rare in our household.  At £25 a bottle in 2017 I wish I had brought more home.

The vineyard also did a honey and wine tasting,  a wonderful experience.

Grillhouse, Shiraz Pinotage 2017, Western Cape, South Africa

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From the minute you pour this wine and see the deep purple colour and then smell the black fruit, vanilla, spice and smokey notes you get the impression that this is an impressive wine.

Its a pretty rich tasting wine with loads of black fruits, blackcurrants, plum but also redcurrant. There spice and smoothness with a little dryness that compliments the whole package.

This is a very good wine and at £11 a bottle pretty decent value.

Grillhouse, Shiraz Pinotage 2017, Western Cape, South Africa

Grillhouse, Shiraz Pinotage 2017, Western Cape, South Africa

 

Idiom Pinotage 2015 900 series, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Idiom is a family run vineyard, they have modern wine making facilities and a great restaurant which has fantastic views of the surrounding area. The food in the restaurant is really good.

Their wine is good to flipping excellent. Unfortunately the flipping excellent stuff does cost. This Pinotage is about £40 a bottle and is flipping excellent. No really, its flipping excellent. So before I go through the tasting notes it should be noted that £40 a bottle can be justified if you break it down to about £10 a glass which is what you could easily pay in a restaurant for an OK wine, this is flipping excellent, so quite cheap. Also there are only 900 bottles produced.

There’s aromas of dark fruits, plum blackcurrant, cherry. There’s spice notes and a smoothness with medium tannins and dryness that are perfectly in balance.

Pinotage may not have a great reputation but this is, well, flipping excellent. Drink with red meat or on its own in front of the fire.

Idiom Pinotage 2015 900 series, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Idiom Pinotage 2015 900 series, Stellenbosch, South Africa