Alvi's Drift 221 Pinotage 2021

With a bright, ruby-red colour and youthful purple rim, this popular Pinotage offers a potent perfume of ripe raspberry and brambleberry with hints of spice, white pepper and vanilla. This medium-bodied, well-balanced wine boasts lively acids and soft, well-integrated tannins. Enjoy right away, or mature for another 3-4 years.

With an ideal Mediterranean microclimate, an abundance of soil diversity and water from the life-giving Breede River, the Alvi’s Drift vineyards are ideally positioned for producing remarkable wines of unique character and complexity. Our vineyards are sustainably fertilised with natural compost produced on our farm. Come harvest time, our grapes are carefully hand harvested from selected Pinotage vineyards in the cool, early morning hours to ensure optimal quality and flavour.

To produce this wine, hand-harvested grapes from selected Pinotage vineyards situated in the unique Scherpenheuwel ward of the Worcester wine region are destemmed, crushed, cold soaked and then fermented on the skins for at least a week. To add to the wine’s complexity, at least 30% of this blend comes from our wild yeast-fermented Pinotage, aged in barrels and sourced from predominantly older vines. The rest of the Pinotage in this blend is fermented in stainless steel tanks, bringing a freshness and vibrancy to the wine.