Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay - Springfontein

The powerful Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay WO Springfontein flows into the glass with a dense purple color. The rim also shows a color transition into garnet red. When swirling the glass, this red wine reveals a high density and richness, which is evident in church windows at the rim of the glass. In the glass, this Springfontein red wine presents aromas of blueberries, black cherries, plums, morello cherries and mulberries, complemented by black tea, vanilla and cinnamon. The Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay WO presents itself to the wine drinker wonderfully dry. This red wine never shows itself coarse or meager, as one might expect from a wine premium and site wine segment. On the tongue, this powerful red wine is characterized by an incredibly dense and fleshy texture. In the finish, this storable red wine from the Cape South Coast wine-growing region finally inspires with beautiful length. Again, hints of blueberry and black currant show.

Vinification of the Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay WO

This wine clearly focuses on one grape variety, Pinotage. Only top quality grapes were harvested for this wonderfully powerful single varietal wine from Springfontein. After manual harvesting, the grapes are brought to the winery as quickly as possible. Here they are selected and carefully milled. Then fermentation takes place in small wood at controlled temperatures. After the end of fermentation, the Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay WO is aged for another 10 months in oak barriques.

Food recommendation for the Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage Walker Bay WO

This red wine from South Africa is best enjoyed at a temperate 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to spaghetti with caper-tomato sauce, cabbage roulades or cod with cucumber-mustard vegetables.

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