Another stand-out wine from the “Old Wines Tasting” held before Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show was the Lanzerac Pinotage 1968. Red and black cherry plus some some forest floor character on the nose and palate – fully mature but still very much … [Read more...]
Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2011
November 29, 2012 by 5 Comments
While I’m broadly tolerant of biodynamics in that it promotes greater sensitivity to grape growing and winemaking, I think the lunar tasting calendar is pushing it. Even so, I found the four vintages of Black Label Pinotage on show at Kanonkop last … [Read more...]
Flagstone Time Manner Place Pinotage 2010
September 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
Flagstone Writer’s Block Pinotage has long been one of the more accomplished versions of the variety for me. Conceived by Bruce Jack, it’s Wine of Origin Breedekloof – grapes come from a 3.5ha block on the Waaihoek Mountains between Ceres and … [Read more...]
Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage 2009
June 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As featured in the May issue of Business Day WANTED: Beyers Truter, previously of famed Stellenbosch property Kanonkop and now solely devoted to Beyerskloof in the same district, is fond of the following anonymous quotation: ““Pinotage is the … [Read more...]
Kanonkop Pinotage 1997
May 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It never rains but it pours. Having enjoyed a Kanonkop extravaganza on Wednesday, last night the Pinotage 1997 from this great Stellenbosch property courtesy of my sister-in-law’s significant other. The mid-1990s was a time of experimentation … [Read more...]
Ashbourne 2004
April 11, 2012 by 2 Comments
Ashbourne is the site near Hermanus where Anthony Hamilton Russell is attempting to re-imagine what Pinotage might be. One way or another, I’ve had the opportunity to give the maiden 2001 vintage plenty of scrutiny since its release in 2004 and … [Read more...]
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