Painted Wolf Wines "Den" Pinotage
The story of this wine
The den wines are social wines to be enjoyed with friends and family. These wines are named for the den, the heart of all African wild dog communities. Flavour-packed, soft and juicy comfort wines for every day drinking.
Jenny Metelerkamp produced a fine Painted Wolf ink drawing for the label.
Tasting notes
Medium to full bodied with a smorgasbord of bright red and black summer berries, savoury spice and toasty wood flavours, leading to a nicely poised finish.
Food suggestions
Pinotage is the best wine in the world to pair with Mexican dishes like fajitas or that glorious confection of chicken, chocolate, cumin seeds, smoky ancho chilies, pumpkin and sesame seeds – mole poblano. It is also very good with other flavoursome American regional specialties like Carolina pulled pork or smoky Texas B.B.Q beef rib. The wine also works with Moroccan flavours, Malaysian dishes and of course our local Cape cuisine.
The vineyard
The grapes for this wine have been harvested from a number of vineyards in Swartland and Paarl
Winemaking
Pinotage was harvested over a three - week period starting late January 2017. Most of the grapes were destalked and fermented in tanks with French and American oak staves. Malolactic was completed on staves which we removed from the wine in April 2017. Approximately 15% of the wine was fermented in small open fermenters and hand-punched before being pressed off prior to full dryness into small older French and American oak barrels. We blended 15% of 2018 Pinotage into the 2017 vintage before bottling.
Ageing potential
This wine can be enjoyed up to four years from vintage.
W.O. Coastal region
Cultivar(s): Pinotage 100% |
Analysis: Alc: 13.66% | R.S: 2.6g/l | T.A: 5.6g/l | Ph: 3.45 |
Awards & accolades
- Bronze – Veritas 2018