Top 10 Pinotage wines include more than a couple of superstars

“PINOTAGE has the heart of a lion and the tongue of a woman; after drinking a certain quantity you can talk forever and fight like the devil!” – Anonymous. More memorable wine quotes here.

The Top 10 Pinotage in terms of South African wines with the best track records over the past 10 years (2006 – 2015) are the following:

Beyerskloof Diesel Pinotage – Koelenhof, Stellenbosch, ‘current’ vintage 2013 at R575 pb (sold out at the cellar)
Beyerskloof Pinotage Reserve – Koelenhof, Stellenbosch, current vintage 2014 at R125 pb
Diemersfontein Carpe Diem Pinotage – Wellington, current vintage 2013 at R193 pb
Flagstone Writer’s Block Pinotage – Somerset West cellar, Breedekloof grapes, current vintage 2013 at R195 pb
Groot Constantia Pinotage – Constantia, current vintage 2014 at R186 pb
Kanonkop Pinotage – Simonsberg, Stellenbosch, current vintage 2013 at R310 pb
Rijk’s Private Cellar Pinotage – Tulbagh, current vintage 2011 at R200 pb
Rijk’s Reserve Pinotage – Tulbagh, current vintage 2012 at R375 pb
Simonsig Redhill Pinotage – Koelenhof, Stellenbosch, current vintage 2012 at R265 pb
Windmeul Reserve Pinotage – Paarl, ‘current’ vintage 2014 at R100 pb (sold out at the cellar)

See here for the Top 20 and the full SA Wine Classification for 2016 including 71 wines made from South Africa’s ‘indigenous’ variety.

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