Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2021

Technical Analysis

Winemaker - Pieter-Niel Rossouw & Maggie Immelman
Main Variety - Pinotage
Alcohol - 14.28 %vol
pH - 3.78
RS - 2.7 g/l
Total Acid - 5.65 g/l
Appellation - Darling

Characteristics

Type - Red
Style - Dry
Body - Medium
Taste - Fruity


Tasting Notes

This wine is very expressive and complex on the nose with flavours of red berries, black cherries, vanilla, butterscotch, red plums, coffee and nuances of strawberries. On the palate the flavours follow through with good structure and silky tannins. A well balanced wine with elegance and a lengthy aftertaste.


Blend Information

100% Pinotage

Food Suggestions

It could be enjoyed with oxtail, bobotie and lamb curry.

In The Vineyard

Terroir: Deep, decomposed granite soils on the slopes of the Darling Hills, with a cooling effect in the warm afternoons from the Atlantic Ocean in close proximity.
Vineyard type: Bush Vine, dry land

About The Harvest

The grapes were harvested from dryland farmed vineyards in Darling, where the vines are not trellised and planted as bush vines.
Yield: 5 - 6 t/ha
Balling at Harvest :24 - 25°B


In The Cellar

Vinification: Destalk and crush, 10 days fermentation at 20-30°C on skin. Pressed at 5 - 10°B.
Maturation: After malolactic fermentation, wine is aged in stainless steel tanks with a combination of French and American oak staves for 12 months.

Additional Information

Darling Cellars Reserve is a wine range of straight varietals where the focus is on fruit driven, varietal true, value for money wines.


Other Vintages

Wine Wine Maker Main Variety
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2022 André Scriven & Maggie Immelman Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2021 Pieter-Niel Rossouw & Maggie Immelman Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2020 Pieter-Niel Rossouw & Maggie Immelman Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2019 Pieter-Niel Rossouw & Maggie Immelman Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2018 Pieter-Niel Rossouw, Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2017 Pieter -Niel Rossouw & Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2016 Pieter -Niel Rossouw & Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2014 Pieter -Niel Rossouw & Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2013 Abe Beukes and Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2011 Abé Beukes, Carel Hugo Pinotage
Darling Cellars Reserve Old Blocks Pinotage 2010 Abé Beukes, Carel Hugo Pinotage

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