My Wine of the Month for March is Beyerskloof Winemakers Reserve 2016. This wine isn’t listed on Beyerskloof’s website and it’s only on sale at the winery.
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| Red Leaf Bistro |
I was in the Cape in March and an opportunity to have another Pinotage Burger in the Red Leaf Bistro was a must.
We ordered Winemakers Reserve to accompany the burger and took three bottles away with us.
Winemakers Reserve is positioned between Pinotage Reserve and Diesel. It is a blend of the best ten 225L barriques of the Pinotage Reserve, thus a there is a max of 3,000 75cl bottles. The 2017 vintage was a Pinotage Top 10 Winner in 2019, but that is not yet on sale.
Winemakers Reserve 2016 is dense, and akin to a bud about to open. One can taste greatness, berries and plums and a lick of tannin, but it will reward more time to blossom.
The Pinotage Reserve 2017, though a year younger, is more approachable. Thus for bottles I opened, I gave them time in the glass before drinking and I’ll keep for a couple of years those I brought home.
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| Fermenting Pinotage at Beyerskloof. Planks for standing on when punching down cap, and stainless steel cooling pipes |
Winemakers Reserve brings a new red Pinotage to Beyerskloof's portfolio, which goes like this
Name
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Wine
of Origin
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Cost
at Winery
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Notes
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Pinotage
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Western
Cape
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40R
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The
enjoyable entry level screwcapped Pinotage with a white label, aged in tank
with oak staves.
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Reserve
Selection
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Western
Cape
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Not Available
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Export
label, blend of barrel and tank stave aged. In UK, bulk shipped and bottled
in UK with screwcap.
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Reserve
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Stellenbosch
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55R
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Barrel
aged, cork
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Winemakers
Reserve
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Stellenbosch
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250R
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10
best barrels of Reserve, cork
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Diesel
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Stellenbosch
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850R
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Wide
heavy bottle, selected old vineyard, cork
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