To the London International Wine Fair, where I found dapper Johan Krige pouring his full range of Kanonkop wines, including the delicious ten year old 2009 Pinotage.
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| David Sonnenberg (owner Diemersfontein) and Dann de Jongh (winemaker at Contantia Uitsig) |
David Sonnenberg of Diemersfontein poured his coffee Pinotage, the sleek Reserve Carpe Diem and – new to me – Harlequin Shiraz-Pinotage blend.
Harlequin showed how Shiraz and Pinotage make such a complementary pairing.
Also new to me was Reverie Pinotage 2015. This is the label of Jacques de Klerk whose day job is winemaker at Radford Dale. Up to now Reverie has solely focused on Chenin, a variety loved by Jacques so much his email and Twitter handle are Chenin. This was his first Reverie Pinotage and it was made by the carbonic maceration, a technique most commonly found in Beaujolais.
The wine was fresh, light bodied and pale coloured and I could see the Beaujolais connection; a nice luncheon wine
It’s probably not coincidence, but Radford Dale’s ‘Winery of Good Hope’ label also produce a carbonic maceration Pinotage and one of the vineyards they use the grape from is in Voor Paardeberg.
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