Pinotage //​ Beeslaar

Abrie Beeslaar has been making his own Pinotage since 2012 and it's already achieved iconic status, produced from a special old block of bush-vines planted on shale close to Kanonkop, where Abrie is the winemaker.

Winemaker

Abrie Beeslaar

Farming

Sustainable.

Region

Stellenbosch

Vineyard

A special old block of bush-vines planted on shale close to Kanonkop, where Abrie is the winemaker.

Grapes

Pinotage

Winemaking

Picked a week earlier than normal and brought to the cellar for de-stemming, sorting and fermentation in open top fermenters. Cap punched every 2 hours for 60 hours until right extraction achieved. After pressing, malolactic fermentation in 19 French oak barrels (40% new) and 2 American oak barrels. The wine matured for 21 months in these barrels.