Grape - Pinotage
Alcohol - 14% abv
Available from - Waitrose, strictlywine.co.uk
Price - £13.99
Appearance - Clear, medium+ intensity, ruby-red
Nose - Clean, medium intensity, developing, red cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, herbs.
Palate - dry, medium+ acid, medium+ tannin, medium+ alcohol, medium+ body, medium+ length, berries, cherries, a touch of coffee on the aftertaste, with other oak elements.
Balance - 8.5 Length - 8 Intensity - 8 Complexity - 8
A real treat. The balance may go even higher with bottle ageing as the alcohol is just a touch high in the mix in my opinion, notwithstanding a lovely bottle of wine, I can imagine this with 'gravy dinners' as they are called in this house. Loads of length, which makes it great value. The tannin levels seem to be significant but the ripe fruit means that they aren't mouth drying. This is easily worth the price tag, and the bottle will be gone by the time the football finishes this evening, for sure! I enjoyed the Barbaresco, this is better!
The Pinotage grape is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault.
Interestingly, this wine is named after Southern Right whales, who are neighbours to the vineyard. You can see one in the picture below, and I understand that some of the takings from the wine goes towards their conservation.
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