KanonkopPinotage 2021

Product code: 17871
£31.00 inc VAT
South Africa
Red Wine from
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Country
Country: South Africa
Region
Region: Stellenbosch
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Kanonkop
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14.8%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Abrie Beeslaar
Grape
Grape: Pinotage
Grape: 100% Pinotage
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Country
Country: South Africa
Region
Region: Stellenbosch
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Kanonkop
Alcohol
Alcohol: 14.8%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Winemaker
Winemaker: Abrie Beeslaar
Grape
Grape: Pinotage
Grape: 100% Pinotage

Product Notes

Kanonkop Pinotage is an award-winning red wine that comes from the Stellenbosch region in South Africa. This wine is known for its unique and complex flavors that come from the Pinotage grape, a signature grape of South Africa. The nose on this wine is characterized by vibrant dark fruit with aromas of black cherry and plum along with hints of leather, tobacco and coffee. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and rich, with flavors of black cherry, blackcurrant, and hints of spice. The finish is long and smooth, with lingering flavors of ripe fruit and subtle oak. This wine is the perfect pairing for rich and hearty red meat dishes.

Tasting Notes

Intense purple hues. The nose is beautifully aromatic with scented aromas of redcurrants, macerated cherries and cinnamon spice. The palate displays a silky tannin structure, backed by a fine seam of acidity. Subtle vanilla undertones from the integrated oak profile are juxtaposed against a fruit explosion of wild bramble, plums and blackberries. An elegant wine with lingering flavours of juicy, dark plums on the finish, and a lifting underlying freshness.

About the Winery

Kanonkop is one of South Africa’s most renowned wine estates run by the fourth generation of its founding family. The family-owned winery remains located in the region of Simonsberg in the city of Stellenbosch. It serves as a beacon of the area’s involvement and achievements in the wine industry for generations after generations.

The winery’s name, Kanonkop, comes from a hillock or kop lying on the Simonsberg Mountain. It is in a location above the estate. From that place, a canon or a kanon got fired sometime during the 17th century or the 18th century. It announced and signified the arrival of numerous sailing ships into Table Bay. 

Kanonkop got established back in 1929. However, it was not until 1973 that its first wine with its iconic label debuted. After that, the winery took about fifty years before it managed to gain and amass worldwide fame, interest, and recognition. The reason for it lies in the extreme turmoil and hard work of its founder, Paul Sauer. 

In recent times, the fourth-generation descendants of the founder, Paul Sauer, Johann and Paul Krige, possess the ownership rights of Kanonkop. They handle and manage all the work, systems, and operations related to the winery. 

Kanonkop believes in respecting the concept or notion of terroir during viticulture. They consider these qualities or influences of the climate, topography, and soil to be some factors of the utmost importance. They deem it so because they trust that these natural and environmental features directly affect the standard of the planted grapevines and the produced wines. For that reason, the workers in the vineyards of Kanonkop pay exceptional care to avoid damaging the surroundings and ecology of the land. The winery ensures so by minimising human interference and interaction in the fields unless where it is necessary. 

https://www.kanonkop.co.za

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