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Chamonix “Greywacke” Pinotage 2020

R237.00

Region: Franschhoek

Tasting note:

This vibrant pinotage from the wine estate in Franschhoek has a deep ruby colour with notes of dark violet when enjoyed when the wine is still young. The bouquet is complex with scents recalling wild berries, spice and cherries. On the palate, the wine shows full body and rich dark chocolate with fruit flavours, balanced elegantly by tannins, with a long and lingering finish that reveals a sweetness reminiscent of liquorice.

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Cape Chamonix Wine Farm produces a range of premium wines that capture the essence and splendour of the estate. The farm is situated on the eastern mountain slopes of the fertile Franschhoek Valley to the north of Cape Town.
It was originally part of the first farm, La Cotte granted to the Huguenots in 1688, of 290 hectares, much is planted with fruit trees and different vines of export quality. Moreover, it boasts some of the highest planted vineyards in the Cape.

Whole bunches are hand-selected on sorting tables and fermented in stainless steel tanks (carbonic maceration) for ten days on the skins. The repasso technique is used where partly dried grapes are added whole for a second fermentation for ten days on the skins. After malolactic fermentation the wine is matured for eighteen months in 228L French oak barrels with 30% new wood. The name Greywacke comes from the type of soil found in the Pinotage vineyard.