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The Oak RoomFairview Primo Pinotage 2016
Fairview Primo Pinotage 2016
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R 699.00
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R 699.00
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Primo Pinotage was harvested from a bushvine site located on the Fairview farm. The vines grow under dry-land conditions in a deep duplex soil (well drained sand and clay) with a laterite subsoil that offers high water retention capacity. The vineyards were planted in 1998 with 1.2m spacing between the vines. The vines are carefully suckered in summer (removing unnecessary shoots) and the crop was reduced to one or two bunches per shoot, depending on the vigor of each vine. This resulted in a balanced crop to achieve concentration of flavor and texture in the wine.
The 2015 winter was the start of the current drought we are experiencing in the Western Cape. We had roughly 360mm of rainfall at Fairview vs our normal 722mm rainfall per annum. The grape growing season was characterised by warm and dry weather conditions, especially from the end of October and towards the end of January. These conditions resulted in smaller bunches and smaller berries with the ripening period accelerated by 2 weeks earlier for our Primo Pinotage. The resulted wine is deep in colour and supper concentrated.