Stellenbosch boasts a combination of spectacular scenery, exceptional terroir and favourable climatic conditions culminating in arguably South Africa’s foremost wines.

The region has distinguished itself as a consistent producer of top class wines, benefiting from cooling summer breezes, unique viticultural zones and vines grown on some of the world’s oldest viticultural soils. Small wonder it has a winemaking tradition stretching back literally centuries, making it one of the world’s iconic winegrowing regions.

Vriesenhuijs 2022 Pinotage is an excellent expression of the extraordinary Stellenbosch terroir, elegant and lighter-bodied, with red fruits offering classic cherry and mulberry notes. The wine has a plush and bright finish with a vibrant palate and sweet tannins. The wine is restrained, a fresh and elegant new style of Pinotage, made with a hands-off approach, allowing the vines to shine through. This approach gives the wine a profound sense of place.

Ancient granite and cooling ocean breezes, intense sunlight on northwest-facing slopes, imparting generosity of fruit and well-structured wines.

Grapes were machine harvested at 22.3 balling to preserve freshness and maintain lower alcohol. The must was inoculated with biodynamic yeast and spent 3 days on the skins with two light pump-overs per day. After gently pressing, the wine was transferred to stainless steel tanks for malolactic conversion. After completion the wine was racked to 500-liter old oak barrels to age for 10 months.