Full bodied Pinotage with a purple deep red colour. The intense black berry and purple fruit flavours are well integrated with the cedar flavours of the French oak. A balanced wine that have the potential to last for at least 7 years and longer in the bottle. The wine will go well with red meat, game, rich cheese and curry or spicy foods.

Grape Variety	Pinotage
Climate	Cool summer that had a long growing season to effect no stress conditions until mid February. Good rainfall during the winter established an adequate underground water table. A two week period of high temperatures in February causes rapid ripening towards the end of the season. A good year for Pinotage with intense berry and fruit flavours.
Soil	Hutton
Trellising	Bush Vines
Age of Vines	40 years old
Yield	5 Tons/ha
Vinification	5 days in open fermenters. Punch cap by hand. Fermentation temperature between 28-30°C. After malolactic fermentation in stainless steel matured in second fill French oak for 14 months.

Free SO2	32
Total SO2	91
pH	3.69
Total Acidity	5.6
Residual Sugar	2.5
Volatile Acidity	0.78
Alcohol Volume	15.1%