My Wine of
the Month for April is Fairview ‘Barrel Aged’ Pinotage 2016.
The label is
slightly different from the one on Fairview’s site and the back label says it’s
an exclusive bottling for the UK supermarket chain Waitrose, but whether the
contents are really any different is a trade secret.
The regular bottling has ten
months aging in 15% new French and American oak barrels (same as this wine according to Waitrose’s website), and the abv and WO are the same.
It was good
to see Fairview on the shelves, looking back it seems my purchases in recent
years has been at the winery, presumably as a result of not seeing them at
home.
This
deliciously enjoyable wine had all the hallmarks of good Pinotage: lashings of ripe plum
and berry flavours with a spicy edge and a backbone of gentle tannins.
Excellent
with chicken tikka jalfrezi.
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