Pinotage is an important part of the Fairview range of wines, with vineyards planted on various soil types in a number of regions. The wine is gently oaked and emphasizes the ripe fruit flavours of the variety.
IN THE VINEYARD:
Pinotage was primarily harvested from bush vines in Malmesbury and Agter-Paarl, some of which are over 25 years old. These older vineyards are dry farmed and the vines grow on deep soils. This is supplemented by fruit from a younger trellised vineyard at Fairview, which grows on sandier soils.
HARVEST DATE:
Late January & early February 2007
Pinotage is an important part of the Fairview range of wines, with vineyards planted on various soil types in a number of regions. The wine is gently oaked and emphasizes the ripe fruit flavours of the variety.
WINEMAKING:
The grapes were picked over a number of days at sugar levels between 24 and 26°B. The bunches were destalked, and lightly pumped through the crusher with the rollers full open. After yeast and malolactic fermentation was completed in stainless tanks, the wine spent ten months in used French and American oak barrels, before blending and bottling.
WINEMAKER’S COMMENTS:
After a fantastic ripening period leading up to the 2007 harvest, we had a week of very high temperatures, which brought the harvest forward by a few days, especially at the Paarl vineyard. This has led to the wine having bold fruit flavours, due to some of the grapes being harvested riper. We adapted the oaking regime, and this imparted a subtle oak character, with the fruit flavours being accentuated. Anthony de Jager
TASTING NOTE:
Blackberries and plums laced by spicy caramel & cappuccino flavours. A pleasant long finish with well-integrated tannins.
WINE ANALYSIS:
Wine of Origin Coastal
Alcohol 14.5%
Residual sugar 3.0 g/l
Total acid 5.6g/l
pH 3.52
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