PaintedWolfGuillermoPinotage750ml

<p>TASTING NOTESA beguiling wine with rich, spicy red berry and black cherry aromas, evident ripetannins and a long, complex finish.</p><p>AGEING POTENTIAL</p><p>This wine drinks well in youth but will improve over time, gaining additionalcomplexity for at least six to eight years from vintage.</p><p>THE VINEYARD</p><p>Certified organic grapes from the Kasteelsig vineyard which is owned by BillyHughes. The site is primarily red Glenrosa soil with some Oakleaf – both shale richduplex soils, and these vines are not irrigated. Yields are round 6.5 tons to thehectare. This fruit was supplemented by sustainably-farmed grapes fromLeeuwenkuil’s top Swartland vineyards.</p><p>WINEMAKING</p><p>The grapes were hand-picked into small baskets and taken to the cellar. After fourdays cold-soaking, approximately 60% was whole-bunch fermented in open binsand hand punched four times a day. The rest was fermented in stainless steel. Nocommercial yeast was used as these grapes ferment well with their natural yeast.The wine matured in a mixture of French and American oak barrels for 14 months,25% new wood.Total production 46 barrels.</p><p>THE STORY OF THIS WINE</p><p>‘Guillermo’ Pinotage is named after our good friend Billy ‘Guillermo’ Hughes. He wasamong the first investors in our winemaking and conservation adventure, tradinggrapes for shares in Painted Wolf. Billy is an uncompromising exponent of organicfarming with a keen interest in biodynamics. Since 2013, Kasteelsig vineyard hasbeen organically certified.</p>