The Ruins Pinotage - Robertson, South Africa
MADE WITH ORGANIC GRAPES
| The grapes for this wine come from
our younger Pinotage vineyards, not older than 10 years. This ensures
that fresher red berry flavours are captured in the wine. This medium structured Pinotage has a youthful deep red colour with sweet ripe berry and red and black cherry flavours. The light oak usage contributes to chocolate and coffee flavours. This follows onto a fresh smooth tannin structure on the mid- and back palate. Ensuring a lively persistent finish and making it an ideal “lifestyle” wine for summer luncheons or everyday enjoyment. Serving suggestion - serve slightly chilled at 18 C.
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| "Picture a clay house flanked by
stone graves, since eroded by the passage of time. It was not
always like this. My great-great grandfather first saw our valley
as a tract of virgin land and chose to make a home in this wilderness.
Year after year he planted small parcels of vines and eventually built a
primitive cellar. Today his legacy and pioneering spirit lives on
within these ruins. Some of the oldest Pinotage vineyards in the
Cape, are farmed according to recognised organic methods. (The old
timer would have approved.) Lucerne is often planted as a natural
competing cover crop, encouraging the vines to delve deep into the earth
in search of much needed moisture, ensuring low yields and potential for
complexity. Lucerne is also a favourite of our indigenous wildlife
and is devoured in preference to cherished vines. Whilst the
clichéd image of an organic vigneron is of some crank who wears
dungarees, dons a straw hat and smokes his cover crop, it is my own
belief that we do not inherit the land of our forefathers, but rather
borrow it from our own children."
Roelf du Preez, August 2003 |
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| Gold Medal – Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2006 |
