Pionier Pinotage 2022
R1295
The Lanzerac Pionier Pinotage is a tribute to the world’s first bottled Pinotage – a 1959 Lanzerac Pinotage.
The 2022 Pionier has an excellent deep colour, with typical varietal aromas like ripe, plummy red fruit on the nose and palate. A big mouth-feel, complex and velvety pallet and long and lingering aftertaste rounds off this wine perfectly.
CELLAR PRICE
R1295
WINE CLUB PRICE
R1034
Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Single Vineyard
The Lanzerac Pionier Pinotage is a tribute to the world’s first bottled Pinotage – a 1959 Lanzerac Pinotage. The 2022 Pionier has an excellent deep colour, with typical varietal aromas like ripe, plummy red fruit on the nose and palate. A big mouth-feel, complex and velvety pallet and long and lingering aftertaste rounds off this wine perfectly.
Enjoy this flagship wine with a slow cooked oxtail with Parmesan Polenta, Coffee -rubbed lamb with Charred Eggplant, Duck with a Cherry reduction, Barbeque Pork with a sticky plum glaze and a Dark Chocolate Torte with Expresso Cream.
After harvesting the grapes were de-stalked and hand-sorted followed by natural fermentation in open wooden fermenters. The natural fermentation took about 7 days to complete after which the wine was pressed with a small basket press. Malolactic fermentation took place in new-, second- and third fill 225 litre French oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation the wine was racked and sulphured. During maturation in barrel for a total time of 21 months the wine was racked a further two times to soften the tannins.
Alcohol 14.03%
Residual sugar 3.3 g/l
Total acidity 5.7 g/l
pH 3.59
