WTN: A good Pinotage

Lammershoek Pinotage "LAM" 2010 - 13% abv; Swartland
The aroma has a slight funky edge to it, a kind of spicy, cumin-like touch - but where in some Pinotage this cumin aroma can become quite overpowering, here it works beautifully. It doesn't cover the ripe, sweet and (dare I say it?) Pinot-like fruit. Really, crisp, refreshing, delineated and pure (another word I never though I would use with this grape) palate; it is nervous like a cool climate wine, though Swartland is supposed to be one of the hotter regions in SA. Nice and moreish (once more a word I never thought I'd use with the grape).

A wonderful wine in many ways: first for bringing me joy with my dinner; and second for proving me wrong about the grape. If one can make good Pinotage, I am sure that others can, too!

[Jenise]

Nice note. Pinotage can be quite exquisite. But also, thank you for mentioning cumin. I struggled last night to describe something in a wine in which I found something similar to a quality I've had in some pinotages, and you nailed it with 'cumin'.

Nice note. Pinotage can be quite exquisite. But also, thank you for mentioning cumin. I struggled last night to describe something in a wine in which I found something similar to a quality I've had in some pinotages, and you nailed it with 'cumin'.

Which other Pinotages have been to your taste? I've tasted quite a few in tastings over here and frankly this is the first I thought was nice enough that I would like to buy some. So names to look out for would be welcome!

[Jenise]

Nice note. Pinotage can be quite exquisite. But also, thank you for mentioning cumin. I struggled last night to describe something in a wine in which I found something similar to a quality I've had in some pinotages, and you nailed it with 'cumin'.

Which other Pinotages have been to your taste? I've tasted quite a few in tastings over here and frankly this is the first I thought was nice enough that I would like to buy some. So names to look out for would be welcome!

Kanonkop is top of the line, very dry and savoury, a masculine style if you will. It's been a long time since I've had any others--in this neck of the woods, pinotage isn't popular and only the low-end plonk shows up.