Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Plum, Blackberries, Black Cherry Fig Mint
Secondary Notes:
Tertiary Notes: Smoke/Ash
Wine Structure
Body: Full
Dryness: Dry
Acidity:
Tannin: Medium +
Alcohol (%):
Origin & Awards
Origin: Tulbagh valley, South Africa
Maker: Rijk's
Grape: Pinotage
Fermentation: Slight Wood
Awards:
Serving Recommendations
Decanting:
Serving Temperature: Best served between 16–18 degrees.
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: Pair with grilled meats, cajun pork,
Description
Rijk's Touch of Oak Pinotage 2019
Deep red colour. Intense nose of cranberry and mulberry, with underlying cherry aromas and vanilla spice. There's a gentle presence of oak on the nose and smooth palate. The lively and fruit-forward complex palate is supported by layers of smooth tannins. Refined flavour characteristics is rounded off by a lingering presence of oak in the persistent finish.
100% pinotage. The grapes were harvest by hand at night, from a vineyard with low-yielding vines. Cold maceration for 2 days prior to fermentation to extract colour and fruit. Extraction during fermentation took place by pumping the juice over the skins 3 times per day. Skins were gently pressed before fermented dry. Malolactic fermentation took place in barrels. Matured for 18 months in 25% 2nd fill, 50% 3rd fill and 25% 4th fill French oak barrels.
14%