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Pinotage

Southern Right is redefining Pinotage with this intense, classically styled wine, expressing a variety of ancient soils and packed with complex berry fruit, beautiful tannins and subtle spice. Full ripeness at lower alcohol and the longer hang-time afforded by cooler more marginal sites, combined with the complex, more classic fruit aromas and structure, resulting from both granitic and clay-rich soil, make this wine a highly individual expression of South Africa’s unique grape variety.

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  • Soil: 47% Ferricrete-rich granitic soils, 30% decomposed granite, 23% low-vigour, stony, clay-rich, shale-derived soil

 

  • Alcohol: 13.40
  • Acid: 5.32 g/l
  • ph: 3.70
  • Residual sugar: 1.70 g/l

 

  • Barrel ageing: 9 months

 

  • Wooding: 51% 228 litre french oak barrels, 49% 400 litre french oak barrels
  • Tight grain: 100%

 

  • 1st fill: 18%
  • 2nd fill: 14%
  • 3rd fill: 14%
  • 4th fill: 24%
  • Older: 30%

 

  • Blonde Toast: 48%
  • Medium Toast: 52%

 

  • French coopers: Various

 

  • Yield: 35.96 hl/ha 5.80 tons/ha
  • Production: 2 960 cases of 12 bottles equivalent

 

  • Fruit Origin Hemel-en-Aarde Valley 4%, Swartland 48%, Stellenbosch 30%

 

  • Vegan Friendly

 

  • Release date: March 2025

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Growing Season

Despite slightly later bud-break for Sauvignon blanc, ripening was just over one week earlier in 2023. Later ripening sites were at risk from significant late February and March rains, but careful in-vineyard selection enabled us to bring only the best grapes to the cellar. At 24.18 centigrade for the average maximum temperatures for the 4 “hottest” months (Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) building up to and during harvest, 2023 was one of our coolest years on record. Burgundy for the equivalent period has an average of 24.66 Centigrade. For those lucky enough to harvest before the substantial late season rains 2023 produced vibrant energetic wines with wonderful natural acidity.

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