Spioenkop ‘1900” Western Cape Pinotage 2010 87 Points

Spioenkop ‘1900” Western Cape Pinotage 2010 87 Points


Clear, bright, ruby cherry red with purple rim, medium plus concentration, medium plus viscosity, no gas or sediment.

Clean, with medium plus intensity, delicately ripe cherries, strawberries, violet, earthy and stony with graphite / lead pencil note, spicy very delicate oaking, almost Pinot in aromatics.

Dry (1.26 RS) with medium acidity, medium alcohol, medium tannins, sappy crunchy style with good grip, new flavors of crisp cherries, blueberries, savoury black olives, precise acidity, delicate extraction, mineral style pinotage, a rare occurrence indeed.

Initially impression was a slight leesy and reductive on the aromatics, but through decanting, does reveal a long and layered complexities.

Blend of Elgin (First Pinotage, Bush vines) and Simonsberg – Stellenbosch, from 2012 vintage will be 100 % Elgin fruit.

Wild yeast natural ferment, 10 months in 100 % French oak barrels, (47% New Oak / 53% old barrels), 300 L, on fine lees, no racking

If poured under South African climatic conditions, served at 14 degrees Celsius paired with a braised top side beef cut with Ras el Anout spices, served with broccoli and couscous.

Now until 2019 if cellared properly.
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