South Africa
Pinotage
$20ish
Poundability: 2.5/5
Value: 3/5
Overall: 2.5/5
Deep dark purple color. Earthy nose with a light/medium body.
Flavors of earth, light vegetables, red cherries and a mild menthol taste when swished in mouth. Also got light amounts of fig/jam, tobacco, bbq/smoke. Slightly to vegetably for my liking, but some pinotage's can be like that.
Got a little tannin and acidity but not over powering. Solid complexity with a mildly long finish. Very smooth.
Overall it was pretty good for the price. It didn't have that overly gross green herbalness that a lot of inexpensive pinotages can have. Drank like a $20 bottle, and not a complaint. One of the oldest wineries in South Africa and one that I visited so there is a slight nostalgia to tasting this I must admit. Overall if you're looking for a nice easy drinking pinotage you wouldn't go wrong with Groot Constantia bu you're also not going to win any one over nor wow any snobs. But f them anyway.
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