Pinotage 2010

Kanonkop, fact sheet (kanonkop.co.za – linket fra kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2010 Kanonkop Pinotage – område: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch; 100% Pinotage; alkohol 14.5%; fadlagring 15 måneder, 75% nye fade. Producentens noter (engelsk): Soil: Decomposed granite and Hutton soils. Age of vines: Up to 57 years old. Irrigation: Dry land vineyards. Trellising: Bush vines. Yield: 4 tons per hectare. Vintage conditions: A cold winter with average rainfall. Following a wet November, very dry and windy conditions were experienced during December and January. Some hot spells during harvest were also recorded. This vintage produced elegant wines. Winemaking/maturation: Fermented in open concrete fermenters at 28°C. The floating skins were punched down by hand every 2 hours during fermentation. The juice was drawn off the skins after 3 days. After malolactic fermentation the wine was matured for 15 months in 75% new and 25% second fill 225L French oak barrels. Producentens smagsnote (frit oversat fra fact sheet kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-19): En meget kompleks vin med antydninger af rød frugt, der afspejler noget af Pinot Noirs elegance og struktur. Store, kraftige tanninstrukturer, som er elegant afbalancerede.