My Wine of the Month for December is The Wedge Pinotage 2018 (WO Swartland).
I've had a couple of Pinotages this month that were new to me and which I won't be buying again, but will be getting more of this one.
The Wedge is named after a California beach by Newport Harbour famed by surfers for huge waves which can reach 30ft high.
The Wedge has its own website www.thewedgewines.com which lists five wines under The Wedge's retro surfing labels, but the wine is made by Babylon's Peak winery.
This is the first wine I've had from this winery, and wow! Dense black red colour, intense in the glass with black cherry and damson flavours with a thread of mocha and black chocolate. Really exciting.
So how come I hadn’t encountered this winery before when that label says Est 1925 and the website of Babylon's Peak says Anno 1919? The family may have started farming then but the high A number (A1062) shows they are recent and Platter says they started making wine in 2003.
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