LosAngelesGraff (Dose me!) 05/09/08 05:26 PM

Re: Wine

DEWAAL TOP OF THE HILL PINOTAGE 2001 TASTING NOTES Ink dark wine with intense flavours of rich black plum fruit, cigars, dark chocolate and spiciness. IN THE VINEYARD Location: On warmer north facing slopes Soil Type: Gravel & loam Age of Vines: ± 55 years Rootstock: R 99 Trellising: Bushvines THE HARVEST Sugar level at Harvest: 25° Balling Yield: 3.5 tons / hectare IN THE CELLAR Length of Fermentation & Maceration: 14 days Cellar Barrel Maturation: 20 months 225-litre French barriques (100% new) Bottling Date: July 2002 Market Release Date: November 2002 AGEING POTENTIAL 10 - 20 years BLEND INFORMATION 100% Pinotage ACCOLADES The Top-of-the-Hill Pinotage is made from a more than 50-year-old single vineyard and only in those years that Daniel de Waal deems it exceptional quality. Three previous vintages (1996, 1997 and 2000) have been worthy of this honour and all three have received the ABSA Top 10 Pinotage award. The Top-of-the-Hill Pinotage wines also boast with 4½ and 5 stars in John Platter’s Wine Guide and was awarded WINE Magazine Pinotage Champion. TASTING NOTES Ink dark wine with intense flavours of rich black plum fruit, CIGARS, dark chocolate and spiciness. Cigars??LOL