My Wine of the Month for August is Remhoogte ‘Bush Vine’
Pinotage 2015, an estate wine from Simonsberg-Stellenbosch.
I’ve not had many Remhoogte wines but I’ve enjoyed all that I’ve
encountered. The estate is on the R44 just north of Stellenbosch and as I
recall you can observe zebras in the neighbouring game park from the tasting
room.
Unfortunately their wines don’t appear to be available where
I live and I brought this bottle home with me from my Cape visit earlier this
year.
It is robed with a garnet and sweet fruit with underlying power
and an oak creaminess. I can’t find any details of this wine on their irritating website but according to
the back label this is hand harvested
from 2 hectares of bush vines. Wild yeast fermentation is in 7000 litre open
topped French oak vats and the wine aged for 18 months in French oak barriques.
Delicious and a perfect example of how classic Pinotage should be.
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