Spice Route Pinotage (South Africa)

This spicy, elegant Pinotage has an intense ruby red colour, with rich blackcurrant and Morello cherry aromas. On the palate, the dark fruit flavours dance and mingle with the sweet vanilla oak influence.

The Spice Route winery was established in 1997. It is equipped with all modern facilities, but still follows ancient winemaking processes. The wines created here are unique due to the ripe fruits producing bold flavours and a spicy, tannic finish. 

The bunches were fermented in five ton open concrete fermenters with manual punch-down of the skins twice a day, extracting deep colour and flavour. The wine was pressed off and transferred to tight-grain American oak barrels for malolactic fermentation, of which half were seasoned barrels. The wine matured for 14 months before bottling.

This wine is made from a single bushvine vineyard on the Klein Amoskuil farm, which once was a tobacco farm. These un-irrigated bushvines were planted in 1997 on Koffieklip soil.

Pair this with spicy Indian dishes or a well-matured steak!