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Pinotage //​ Reverie

A vibrant crimson in colour with violet rim instantly sets this wine apart from darker, more extracted styles of Pinotage. This breezy nature is also reflected on the nose, where aromas of garden fresh raspberries and dried herbs create an airy, yet enticing experience. The wine seems almost weightless, before generous cherry and pomegranate notes give it power. Spice notes add complexity over a light, but textured mid palate and into a long, refreshing lift in the finish.

Winemaker

Jacques de Klerk

Farming

Sustainable.

Region

Voor-Paardeberg

Vineyard

Single vineyard of Pinotage, planted in 1999. Rooted in the granite derived Scali soil of the Voor-Paardeberg, these vines go without irrigation and plunge their roots several metres into the earth in search of moisture. A low trellis provides some support for the canopy and careful leaf removal allows the ripening bunches just enough exposure to morning sunlight. By doing this, these grapes attain a greater degree of phenolic ripeness at lower sugar levels.

Grapes

Pinotage

Winemaking

Grapes were harvested early to preserve the natural acidity and freshness. Hand harvested and sorted. Carbonic maceration was employed to unlock the softer, jucier side of Pinotage, while extracting only the best tannins for a svelte and airy expression of the variety. From here the grapes are foot stomped and basket pressed and the wine transferred to old barrels for 7 months. Before bottling, the wine was racked and filtered lightly so that it could retain its vibrant and engaging character. Most of the malic acid is burnt during carbonic maceration phase of the vinification and any trace is thereafter converted to lactic acid by naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria in barrel.​

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Who are we?

In the summer of 2019, two small 7-year-old wine importers, Red Squirrel and The Knotted Vine, came together to become the Graft Wine Company.

​Our dynamic and experienced team is based across the UK and works with an intrepid, exciting collection of restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels, independent wine merchants.

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      • Koerner
      • La Violetta
      • Lowboi
      • Ministry of Clouds
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      • Vinteloper
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      • Andreas Gsellmann
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      • Eschenhof Holzer
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      • Okanagan Crush Pad
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      • Black Chalk
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      • Château de Bel
      • Château de Haut-Bergeron
      • Domaine Bott
      • Clos Cibonne
      • Château Combel-la-Serre
      • Château Laballe
      • Frédéric Guilbaud Muscadet
      • Domaine des Gandines
      • Kewin Descombes
      • Champagne Levasseur
      • Damien Pinon
      • Maison Ventenac
      • Domaine du Vieux Pressoir
      • Xavier Vignon
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