Community Tasting Notes 5

• rikipedia Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 14, 2019 - Mid garnet to orange-y rim
  Lifted aromas of raspberry, blackberry with a sweet marshmallow character, plenty of liquorice and rich oak. As the wine evolved in glass, there is more caramel toffee and tobacco. Very charming.
  Gorgeous luxuriant entry with a Zinfandel sweetness to it, great fruit intensity and concentration. Packed with tertiary notes alongside rich, marinated fruits, plum, liquorice, cassis and soy. Rich in texture with a creamy soft centre and sweet tannins, the wine is persistent in the mouth. Excellent. really enjoyed. Definitely better than the January bottle.

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• rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 points

  January 7, 2019 - Mid-Deep garnet towards an orange rim.
  Intense bouquet of dried spice, stewed, marinated red plums, cassia bark with a relatively high tone acetone note.
  The entry has a sweetness and heat to it with dried chilli pepper, red peppercorns and a compote of red & black plums. Good depth of flavour and a crushed velvet texture there is medium+ acidity that balances out the sweetness of the Pinotage fruit. Broad in shape, quite a long finish with dense, powdery tannins. The wine seems to have a slight sour prune element and dried fruit along with heat and chilli spice that permeate the wine. In one sense, I found it added complexity, but it did seem to mask some of the subtle elements in the wine. As the wine evolved in glass there is more undergrowth, dried bush. I wonder if the wine was slightly scalped or slightly overripe? Seems to be just hanging in there.

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• natoamaral wrote: 90 points

  July 12, 2017 - This Pinotage was really great!

• natoamaral wrote: 87 points

  July 5, 2017 - Good Pinotage, but I was expecting more.

• rwf Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 11, 2016 - A rehabilitation for Pinotage in my eyes. Big, Crunchy tannins balanced by bags of acidity. Crushed berries on the palate, a little vanilla sweetness and sour cherry. A broad palate with a long, velvety finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer L'Avenir
• Varietal Pinotage
• Designation Grand Vin
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Stellenbosch
• Appellation Stellenbosch

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• In Cellars 29 (58%)
• Consumed 21 (42%)

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