2020 Spier Pinotage Anno 1692

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  7/15/2022 - Heynetty wrote:

  D3 DipWSET STILL WINES - Prep with Lauren and Mike: tasted blind
  
  A: Medium ruby (verging on pale)
  N: Pronounced nose of SMOKED MEAT, violets, black pepper, raspberry (cooked), prunes, anise,
  P: Dry, medium acid (I called higher but was corrected by the rest of the group), medium dusty tannins, high alcohol (14%), full body, medium length and pronounced intensity of SMOKED MEAT, violets, black pepper, raspberry (cooked), prunes, anise,
  C: Good quality here. Intensity and complexity saves it
  
  Guesses:
  Fruit forward but masses of smoked meat from the outset, I thought it was New World. it looked like a Pinot Noir but smelled like a Shiraz. Pinotage was second and very tenuous guess.
  
  Mistakes:
  That smoked meat and color intensity should have taken me to Pinotage straight away. Malbec has smoked meat in high quality examples but it would be a deep color as would the shiraz which is more woodsmoke.

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