Creation - Pinot Noir, Walker Bay - 2021 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Pinot Noir

Winemakers Comments

The wine is bright and shiny, resembling a polished garnet. Intensely fragrant, the bouquet combines a bevy of seductive red berries with whiffs of vanilla and wood spice. These follow through on the elegant palate where the refined flavors of raspberry and the earthiness of shiitake mushroom are supported by supple tannins. Creation pairing guru Carolyn Martin says this versatile wine is sensational with fish – from white fish dishes to salmon or tuna sashimi – poultry, game and even kimchi.

Awards

Tim Atkins | 90 points (2020)

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

13.92%

TA

5.6 g/l

pH

3.52

RS

2.2 g/l

Vinification

Traditional skin fermentation followed by malolactic fermentation in the barrels. 12 month maturation. Light filtration before bottling.

Barrel ageing: 10 months – 25% new wood, 75% 2nd, 3rd fill

Winemaker

Name - Jean-Claude Martin

Winery

When in 2002 Jean-Claude (JC) and Carolyn Martin took up the challenge of establishing a winery in a remote corner of the Walker Bay Wine Region, they did so with the courage of their conviction. The 40 hectares of undulating land on the lofty Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge had never been planted to vines before, but recognizing the vast potential, they set out with tenacity and determination to transform it into a model wine farm. No easy feat, but then the Swiss-born JC and South African-born Carolyn (née Finlayson) both come from wine pioneering stock spanning at least three generations and two continents!