Estate - Pinotage 2022

Kanonkop, fact sheet (kanonkop.co.za – linket fra kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2022 Kanonkop Pinotage – område: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch; 100% Pinotage; alkohol 14.6%; fadlagring 18 måneder, 80% nye fade. Producentens noter (engelsk): Soil: Decomposed Granite and Hutton soils. Age of vines: 35 to 69 years old. Irrigation: Dry land vineyards. Trellising: Bush vines. Yield: 5 tons per hectare. Vintage conditions: A cold and wet winter was ideal for late but even budding. Wetter and cooler weather persisted through spring, with a slight heat spike towards the end of January. Later veraison and cool growing conditions made the 2022 vintage memorable, producing structured, elegant, age-worthy wines. Winemaking/maturation: Fermentation took place in open top 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 18 months in 80% new and 20% second fill 225-litre French Nevers oak barrels. Producentens smagsnote (frit oversat fra fact sheet kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-19): Uigennemsigtig purpurrød farve. Kraftige blommer, brombær, morbær, rig vanilje samt lag af røg og ristede nødder i næsen. Efterfulgt af en mund fuld af blommer, kirsebær, sorte figner, granatæble, mørk chokolade, brombær og krydret fad. De smukt integrerede, fyldige og cremede tanniner går sammen med en tilfredsstillende syre og giver en vidunderligt afbalanceret vin med en lang finish, der lover stort modningspotentiale.