Black Label Pinotage 2023

Kanonkop, fact sheet (kanonkop.co.za – linket fra kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2023 Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage – område: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch; 100% Pinotage; alkohol 14%; fadlagring 18 måneder, 100% nye fade. Producentens noter (engelsk): Soil: Decomposed Granite and Hutton clay soils. Age of vines: 72 years old. Irrigation: Dry land vineyards. Trellising: Bush vines. Yield: 2,8 tons per hectare. Vintage conditions: The 2023 vintage followed a late, relatively dry winter with good June rainfall. Cold spells and a dry spring encouraged even budding, with minimal disease pressure. A very wet December brought larger berries, resulting in softer tannins. Harvest commenced as usual in early February. Winemaking/maturation: Fermentation took place in open top concrete fermenters. The floating skins were punched down by hand, every 2 hours during fermentation. The juice was drawn off the skins after 3,5 days. After malolactic fermentation the wine was matured for 18 months in 100% new 225L French Nevers oak barrels. Producentens smagsnote (frit oversat fra fact sheet kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-19): Dyb, mørk og intens farve. Bugner af mørke kirsebær, blommer og blomstrede noter, lagdelt med lakrids, mørk chokolade og vaniljekrydderi. Munden er elegant med rigelig sort frugt og antydninger af umami og lavendel. Tanninerne er bløde og kridtede, sømløst integreret i en lang, raffineret finish med et sødt løft af lakrids. Klassisk i stilen, men ungdommelig og levende.