Basson Pinotage
Harmonious and approachable but with gentle gravitas. There’s a subtle squeeze of oak tannin but it remains well structured and effortlessly smooth textured yet simultaneously succulent. Lively juicy palate with ripe red and blue fruit flavours. Bold raspberry and youngberry aromas which mingle with a deeper leather nuance.
5,994 Ft 750 ml
9 in stock
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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| Colour | Red |
| Style | |
| Évjárat |
| Region | Swartland, South Africa |
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| Grape Varieties | 100% Pinotage |
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| Alcohol Percentage | 13.3 % |
| Ph | 3.55 |
| Acidity | 4.88 g/L |
| Litre Price (HUF) | HUF 13320 / Litre |
| Average User Rating | 4 Stars |
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In the Cellar
The Basson family of Nooitgedacht, farms the vines themselves in the famous granite soils of the Paardeberg.
Bush vine Pinotage at high altitude on the top of Paardeberg in Swartland is a challenge between farmers, baboons, buck and winds. Natural low yields and the higher altitude, with no irrigation and small vines, complicate the situation.
The grapes were hand-sorted and fermented in 1 ton open top stainless steel tanks. After fermentation the wine was drained off the skins and underwent malolactic fermentation in cement tanks. The wine was aged in 2nd and 3rd fill French oak barrels for 14 months. The wines are bottle-aged for 24 months.
About the winery: Anthonij Rupert
From its home base on historic L' Ormarins wine farm beneath the jagged peaks of the Groot Drakenstein mountain in Franschhoek, Anthonij Rupert Wyne has cast its net wide, across the length and breadth of the Cape Winelands, in search of what it takes to make the finest wines this corner of the wine-making world has to offer.
The Swartland Region
The Swartland literally translated means ‘the black land’. The area takes its name from the now endangered indigenous renosterbos (rhino bush) which once turned the landscape a dark colour at certain times of the year. This country wine and olive route is renowned for its warm Swartland hospitality. Walks and hikes are popular, as are 4X4 trails, and for the more adventurous there’s hang-gliding, paragliding, canoeing, clay-pigeon shooting and horse riding, to name but a few. Increasing percentages of red-wine varieties, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and Shiraz, are being grown here, as well as Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. The Swartland was traditionally a source of robust, full-bodied red wines and high-quality fortified wines. The district has more recently also become associated with award-winning Chenin Blanc, and Mediterranean-style red and white blends.
