Reserve Range
Our Reserve range is all about the skill of bringing terroir and winemaking together and to make sense of it all. With the Reserve range it is all about quality and the reflection of terroir – modern viticulture techniques combined with old world wine making make these wines unique. Some of these wines are the best you will find in SA.
The wine has an attractive nose, which reminds of violets, plums, black berries, cherries and peppery spices.
Winemaker’s Notes:
Perfumed, pomegranate, fresh strawberry. Freshness on nose and palate with beautiful tight mineral core. Tight palate with good length and a fresh finish.
Maturation potential:
Eikendal Pinotage 2015 is delicious to drink right now, but also shows good ageing potential of up to six years.
Eikendal Pinotage 2015 (6/case) (R106/BOTTLE)
Cultivar:
Pinotage
Vineyards:Non-irrigated Stellenbosch Pinotage vineyard block. 20 years old planted on decomposed granite and ‘koffie klip’. Trellised in the VSP system with plant spacing of 2.4 x 1.2m. Planted in north – south row direction.
Vinification:Hand picked and cooled down to 1°C before sorted in the cellar. Pre-soaked for 15 days at below 10°C before fermentation. 25% whole bunched added . Fermentation allowed to start and finish wild. Long slow fermentation at +/- 30°C. One punch down per day by hand. Fermented until dry. Wine racked off and pressed. Aged for 12 months in 500L 2nd, 3rd and 4th fill barrels – Burgundian oak.
Analysis:Sugar: 1.8 g/l Total acid: 5.7 g/l pH: 3.57 Alcohol: 13.0 vol.%
Winemaker’s Notes:Perfumed, pomegranate, fresh strawberry. Freshness on nose and palate with beautiful tight mineral core. Tight palate with good length and a fresh finish.
Maturation potential:Eikendal Pinotage 2015 is delicious to drink right now, but also shows good ageing potential of up to six years.
Serving Temperature: 18°C -20°C