Kanonkop - Pinotage, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch - 2017 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Pinotage

Winemakers Comments

Bright ruby-red hues. A textbook Stellenbosch Pinotage with aromatic and spicy aromas of mulberry, raspberry and cinnamon. Muscular, well integrated tannins add great structure. Flavours of bramble, violets, plums and black berries are balanced by scented new oak. An elegant wine with savoury notes on the lengthy finish, and a lifting underlying freshness. 

Awards

Tim Atkin | 94 points

Vinous Antonio Galloni | 91 points

Cellar Tracker | 90 points

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage 

14.32%

TA 

5.8 g/l

pH 

3.52 

RS 

2.0 g/l 

Vinification

Fermentation took place in open concrete fermenters at 28°C. The cap was punched down manually every 2 hours and the juice drawn off the skins after three days and matured for 16 months in 225L French Nevers oak barrels - 80% new and 20% 2nd fill barrels.

Winemaker

Name - Abrie Beeslaar

Winery

Kanonkop is a fourth generation family estate, which was originally purchased by JW Sauer, a cabinet member in the parliament of the Union of South Africa. Kanonkop Estate is situated on the lower slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain in the Stellenbosch Region of the Cape. It is between Stellenbosch and Paarl on the R44 and falls in a ward called Simonsberg, more commonly known as the “red wine bowl” of South Africa. It has earned a reputation both at home and abroad as an area producing the best wines in the country. Besides the solid foundation on which the estate’s winemaking principles are based, it is also blessed with ideal soils, cool sea breezes and long summer days, creating the perfect climate for growing grapes.