Bellevue Reserve Pinotage 2022

Name: Bellevue Reserve Pinotage 2022 | Simon Wine Emporium
Brand: Bellevue Wine Estate
SKU: BEL_007-1
Price: 252.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Original price was: R280,00.Current price is: R252,00.

This is our richest, most powerful expression of South Africa’s national heritage grape, made from selected parcels of fruit from various older Pinotage blocks. A sleekly muscular wine with dense, concentrated fruit flavours polished by French oak.

Rich and concentrated with violet and cedarwood perfume leading to bold flavours of sweet-sour raspberry and maraschino cherry with a savoury umami undertone, supported by dense, fine-grained tannins with a clean, lingering finish. Calls for seriously well-aged red meat or the finest stinky cheeses

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Specifications

SKU: BEL_007-1 Alcohol Volume: 14,64% Sugar: 1.1g/l

Winery: Bellevue Wine EstateType of wine: Red WineCultivar: PinotageFood Pairing: Cheese, MeatCategory: Bottelary Hills, Latest additions, Old Vines, Summer Sale

In the cellar

The grapes were cold soaked for four days before inoculation. Fermentation took place in tanks with three daily aerated pump-overs. After alcoholic fermentation, the skins were pressed, the wine was settled and racked off the lees. It underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation in 300-liter French oak barrels (50% new, 50% second fill) and matured for 22 months.

In the vineyard

A selection of the best parcels of fruit from old vineyards, all irrigated. Most vintages, grapes from a vineyard planted in 1996 are chosen. Situated on an eastern slope with a north-south row orientation, these bush vines flourish in decomposed granite and shale soils.

Ageing

22 months

Cultivar

Pinotage

Food Pairing

Calls for seriously well-aged red meat or the finest stinky cheeses.

Awards and Recognition

Platter’s 2025 – 5 Stars

About the Wine Estate

Bellevue Wine Estate in the prestigious Stellenbosch wine growing region in South Africa, cultivates approximately 152ha of vineyards on a variety of sites. This enables the winemaker to select the very best pockets from which to make the exquisite wines that Bellevue Wine Estate is renowned for.