Swartland Winemakers Collection Pinotage 2021

The grapes are hand-picked in the early hours of the morning, destalked and crushed. The juice and grapes are cooled and pumped into stainless steel tanks, inoculated with yeast and fermented at 24 - 26°C. Finally the grapes are pressed, the juice transferred back to stainless steel tanks for malolactic fermentation that took place over 14 days. This wine is then further matured in tank for up to 12 months to soften and integrate the tannins before bottling. A medium to full-bodied red fruit forward wine with smoky tones and mild spicy flavours