31 May 2018
WoTM – Warwick Estate CIWG Pinotage 1995
The Cape Winemakers Guild (they dropped the ‘Independent’ part of the name some years ago)
annually blind tastes wines submitted by their members. Those selected are sold
by auction with an exclusive CWG label.
This wine
was made by Norma Ratcliffe, co-owner and founder of Warwick Estate, and the Cape's first female
winemaker in modern times. When Norma retired from everyday
winemaking she was honoured with the title ‘Keeper of the Key’ to continue
playing an active role in CWG.
This wine
was given me by Mike Ratcliffe and I kept in in my Eurocave waiting for an
occasion to share with someone who’d appreciate it.
That
occasion happened when Eleanor Cosman came to stay. Eleanor runs Toronto’s
South African Wine Society and her company imports wines into Canada.
After an
aperitif of Camel Valley ‘Classic Cuve’ 2013 English sparkling wine we opened
the Warwick and from the vintage 20 years later Chateau Naudé ‘Vin de Francois’
2015.
Warwick’s
1995 wine was a pale translucent orange with a berry nose. It has sweetness backed
with some thin berry fruit flavours, and a hint of wine gums. There was enough
acidity to balance our roasted chicken, but I’d kept it too long for my current
fruit loving tastes. A very interesting wine. Thanks Mike!
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