This is a seductive red, with warming, toasty oak aromas (toasted bread, clovey cedar & roasted vanilla) driving through its soft-toned, floral fruit, all leading to an extended, elegantly tapered finish that reveals a bit of firmness and soft graininess in the front of the mouth. This will just get better with a few years of bottle age! Enjoy with semi-soft cheeses or grilled/roasted red meats.
"The 2022 Pinotage, which comes from granite soils and aged for 22 months in 50% new oak, has a delightful bouquet of dark cherry, blueberry and just a hint of violet and peony, quite delineated and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with very pliant tannins. It is refreshingly harmonious, certainly one of the more elegant Pinotages in this vintage. It’s a joy to drink." - Neal Martin, VINOUS MEDIA
"A full-bodied, rich and complex wine with scented aromas of oak spice, créme de cassis, and black cherries as well as lingering flavors of spice and dark chocolate on the palate.
"Fermentation takes place in open concrete vessels using ambient yeast, and the wine is aged for around 22 months in French oak barrels.
"Winemaker and owner Abrie Beeslaar is very skilled with Pinotage, having worked at the iconic Kanonkop Estate – famous for its production of world-class Pinotage, for over 20 years. After being offered the opportunity to work with Pinotage grapes from a unique parcel of land in the Simonsberg region just outside Stellenbosch, Abrie established Beeslaar Wines in 2011. " - BROADBENT SELECTIONS
"The 2022 Pinotage, which comes from granite soils and aged for 22 months in 50% new oak, has a delightful bouquet of dark cherry, blueberry and just a hint of violet and peony, quite delineated and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with very pliant tannins. It is refreshingly harmonious, certainly one of the more elegant Pinotages in this vintage. It’s a joy to drink." - Neal Martin, VINOUS MEDIA
"A full-bodied, rich and complex wine with scented aromas of oak spice, créme de cassis, and black cherries as well as lingering flavors of spice and dark chocolate on the palate.
"Fermentation takes place in open concrete vessels using ambient yeast, and the wine is aged for around 22 months in French oak barrels.
"Winemaker and owner Abrie Beeslaar is very skilled with Pinotage, having worked at the iconic Kanonkop Estate – famous for its production of world-class Pinotage, for over 20 years. After being offered the opportunity to work with Pinotage grapes from a unique parcel of land in the Simonsberg region just outside Stellenbosch, Abrie established Beeslaar Wines in 2011. " - BROADBENT SELECTIONS
