2003 KWV Pinotage

Vintage: 2003

Winery: KWV 1

Grape: Pinotage

Country: South Africa

So what comes from South Africa besides Dave Matthews, wondrous wildlife, great white encounters, and one of the top rugby teams in the world? Pinotage!

This beautiful ruby colored wine is the product of a mixture of Pinot Noir and Cinsault, that results in a very unique wine that is disdained by wine snobs. Do not listen to them. This well balanced yet inexpensive wine tastes of cherry and truffles. Although the Pinot Noir tastes are still identifiable, the mixture of Cinsault, by itself an uninteresting grape, adds some interesting flavors that this reviewer spent the whole bottle trying to identify, unsuccessfully. Despite the lack of success, it was time well spent with Bacchus.

1 KWV is not a winery, per se, but a wine co-operative.