Winery Kanonkop - Pinotage

Winery KanonkopPinotage

4.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Pinotage of Winery Kanonkop is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinotage.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Pinotage of the Winery Kanonkop is in the top 90 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the Pinotage from the Winery Kanonkop

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pinotage of Winery Kanonkop in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

smoke, leather

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with microbio taste

banana, cream

Wine with vegetal taste

bell pepper, hay

Wine with floral taste

violet, perfume

On the nose the Pinotage of Winery Kanonkop in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cream, oil or black plum and sometimes also flavors of tobacco leaf, orange peel or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Kanonkop's Pinotage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Pinotage - 2018
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - 2017
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - 2016
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - 2015
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - 2014
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - 2013
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Pinotage - 2012
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Pinotage from Winery Kanonkop are 1990, 1989, 2005, 2002 and 2004.

Informations about the Winery Kanonkop

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Kanonkop is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 250 of of South Africa wines
In the top 95 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 6500 of red wines
In the top 8000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Pressing Rosé

A method of making rosé wine that consists of pressing the grapes directly after crushing and light skin maceration. The resulting wine is lively, light and pale.

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