{"title":"Pinotage","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mcfarlane-saturdays-child-pinotage-2023","title":"McFarlane Saturday's Child Pinotage 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eForget everything you thought you knew about Pinotage, and try this bottle. It’s a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s had such a bad rep for years, and for good reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePinotage is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, invented in a university garden in Stellenbosch in 1924.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen South Africa opened up after apartheid in the 1990s, international markets demanded big reds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Pinotage was made like Shiraz - picked late and overripe and overworked in the winery. It was generally terrible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut if you think about its heritage - Pinot Noir and Cinsault, which are both lighter reds - you’ll realise this is the exactly wrong approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrown on cooler sites and in the right hands, it can be amazing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that’s exactly what we have here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes come from Stanford in the cool-climate Walker Bay region, just south of Cape Town. The vineyard is based on \u003cem\u003ekoffieklip\u003c\/em\u003e granite soils, which gives a lovely density to the grapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex’s winemaking is incredibly gentle (including foot stomping!) which allows the gorgeously perfumed and aromatic fruit in the wine to shine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a dark and brooding wine, with real elegance and intensity. Ageing in old French oak barrels gives it serious structure and this one will age for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally a Pinotage I can get behind!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WineSpark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53339591606603,"sku":"MCSAT23","price":31.24,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/0645\/5483\/files\/WS-HighKey-0195_2.jpg?v=1729090246"}],"url":"https:\/\/winespark.myshopify.com\/collections\/pinotage.oembed","provider":"WineSpark","version":"1.0","type":"link"}