Kanonkop
Pinotage 2015
Cape Heritage
About the SessionA selection of South Africa’s finest wines, inspired by our rich wine heritage and the unique character of the Cape Winelands. Chenin Blanc is celebrated for its remarkable versatility, producing an exceptional range of wine styles, particularly in South Africa, home to the oldest Chenin Blanc vines in the world. These historic vineyards continue to produce wines of great diversity, elegance, and ageing potential. The Pinotage selection showcases leading producers, all of whom have become consistent flag bearers for this proudly South African variety.
About this Item
The 2015 Stellenbosch vintage was widely celebrated as a stellar year for the region's reds, and Kanonkop's 2015 Pinotage delivered a wine of wonderfully heady and aromatic character, classic red berry flavours, fine grained tannins and the balance and length typical of Kanonkop's reds at their best. Tim Atkin MW awarded 94 points in his 2017 SA Wine Report and Richard Hemming MW scored it 17/20
Provenance
Brice & Burnett Private Wine Client
Critics Ratings
'The 2015 Pinotage has a fragrant and floral bouquet, mainly red fruit, very pure and lifted with black plum and orange rind/marmalade scents. Iodine hints emerge with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a gentle grip. This Pinotage has wonderful balance and is lightly spiced. There's a little more structure than the 2006 with a precise and tensile, mocha-tinged finish. Very fine, if not quite the best that I've tasted.' - Neal Martin, Vinous, 91/100 (May 2023)
'Super-ripe blackcurrant fruit with elements of banana and mint. If that sounds weird, it is - but actually, it works well in context, and there is lovely richness without too much effort.' - Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Mar 2019)
'You'd expect this wine to be good in a stellar vintage like 2015, and so it is. Wonderfully heady and aromatic, with classic red berry flavours, fine-grained tannins, savoury tannins and the balance and length that are typical of Kanonkop's reds. 2019-27' - Tim Atkin SA Wine Report 2017, 94/100
'A compelling nose of plums, cherries, earth, vanilla and spice while the palate possesses a great core of fruit, fresh acidity and firm tannins. Perhaps a slight bitterness on the finish but increasingly I think this taste, at least at low levels, goes towards complexity and is therefore something to be embraced. Delicious now, it nonetheless has all the structure to mature with benefit and deserves a place in any serious collector's cellar.' - Christian Eedes Winemag.co.za, 93/100 (2017)
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