Pinot noir
Pinot noir, the world’s ninth most-planted grape variety. The icon wines here are from Burgundy in France. They are often relatively light in colour with high acidity and plenty of red fruits (cherries, strawberries…), often with a good dose of wood ageing. They can have notes of very ripe fruits and forestland underbrush. American versions tend to be denser and with more ripe fruit. Pinot is not widely planted in South Africa but has had great success on a small scale in the Hemel and Aarde region in Walker Bay on the cooler south coast.
Harvest in the vineyards in Hemel en Aarde
