Type: Red
Country of Origin: South Africa
Region: Voor-Paardeberg
Grapes: 100% Pinotage
Vintage: 2020
Style: Full Bodied & Bold Red
Sweetness: Dry

Bowwood Pinotage is made from a small, single vineyard, planted in clay-rich gravel soils in 1998.

The grapes are hand-picked in early February. Each bunch is pre-chilled before being destemmed and berry sorted. The berries are not crushed but are fermented whole. This allows for a gradual extraction of tannins and colour, which promotes finesse, balance and longevity.

The wine is punched down rigorously for 5 days and then basket pressed directly to new and second fill, 300L American oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrel, which promotes harmony and seamless integration of the oak flavours. The wine is further matured on the yeast and malolactic lees for 14 months. At this point, the finest 8 barrels are selected, blended and returned to barrel for an additional 6 months. Finally, the wine is kept for 4 months in a stainless-steel tank to promote stability and clarification, before it is bottled and laid to rest for a full year before it is released.