Pinotage gained international attention, and wine drinkers keen to enjoy a new taste clamored for the unique wine, causing the price of Pinotage grapes to shoot up 500% by 1995.
Pinotage
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Pinotage is a wine grape that is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault (called Hermitage in South Africa and parts of Europe, hence the portmanteau name of this grape variety).
Kanonkop 1998 Stellenbosch Pinotage ($23.99)
Inky garnet, almost black. Forward scents of raspberries, roses and saddle leather, enticing and complex. Ripe, tart fruit and earthy flavors consistent with the nose, shaped by lemon-squirt acidity.
Pinotage
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Grape widely grown and successful in South Africa. Reportedly also cultivated in nearby Zimbabwe. Derived from the crossing of a Pinot Noir clone and Cinsaut.
Pinotage
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Auckland, New Zealand
Earthy, meaty, almost feral reds, fresh but mild. The best versions can be quite chunky.
PINOTAGE
A red-wine grape crossing between a Pinot Noir clone and Cinsaut widely grown in South Africa. Used to make a popular, robust red wine takes several years to mature. Also widely grown in New Zealand and to a lesser extent in California.
Pinotage
Developed in the early twentieth century and used primarily in South African wines, Pinotage is a mix between pinot noir and Cinsault. The grape makes a wine that is hearty, with a fruity and spice taste.
Pinotage. Spicy, unusual red wine of South Africa.
Pinot Grigio. Italian wine - same grape as Pinot Gris - that recently became the most popular imported wine in the U.S.
Pinotage
Most famous red South African grape varietal. A cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsaut(known as Hermitage inh South Africa).
Pinotage (pee-no-tahj)
An important grape in South Africa. The result of crossing Pinot Noir and Cinsault (which is known as Hermitage in South Africa).
Pinotage: A hybrid between Pinot Noir and Cinsault that's grown almost exclusively in South Africa.
Plonk: A derogatory name for cheap, poor-tasting wine.
PINOTAGE [pee-noh TAHJ]
This grape has been widely grown and successful in South Africa since its release in 1925. Also currently grown in Brazil, Canada, California (USA), Virginia (USA) and Zimbabwe.
Pinotage is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault first created at Stellenbosch University in the 1920s.
Pinotage
Pinotage is the name of both the red wine and the grape grown and made mostly in South Africa. The Pinotage grape was originally bred in 1925 from a cross between the grapes pinot noir and cinsaut.
Pinotage: Simonsig, Kanonkop, Hidden Valley, Bellingham Spitz, Beaumont.
Mourvedre: Fairview, Beaumont
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PINOTAGE: Cultivar widely grown and successful in South Africa since its release in in 1925. Also currently grown in California (USA), Canada and Zimbabwe. Derived from the crossing of Pinot Noir x Cinsaut.
PINOTAGE: Grape widely grown and successful in South Africa. Derived from the crossing of a Pinot Noir clone and Cinsaut. Used to make a popular, hearty red wine that ages well - (and often requires it).
Kanonkop is THE winery for Pinotage (as well as a great Bordeaux-style blend called "Paul Sauer") and this is their ‘entry-level' introduction to the raw beast of a red wine that South Africa is capable of producing.
(2.5 gallons) The grapes cultivated in the country are mainly of French origins, except the local Pinotage, a crossing of Pinot Noir and Cinsaut used for the production of interesting wines.
Red wine varietals that tend to benefit from a good bit of oak include: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinotage, Chianti, Zinfandel, Nebbiolo, Tempranillo and Syrah.
This is changing, and there are increased plantings of international varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah/Shiraz, as well as the Cape's own variety, Pinotage.
dark red French grape, sometimes spelled "Cinsault." Most common in Languedoc, also a parent (with Pinot Noir) in the South African grape crossing called "Pinotage."
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If you cross two "high end" grapes (i.e. vitis vinifera) this results in a "nice" wine (according to those wine snobs). So if you cross pinot noir and cinsault - both which are vitis vinifera grapes - you end up with Pinotage, ...
Look out for reds from South Africa's 'own' variety, Pinotage, which makes striking gamey and earthy-tasting wines, often with a savoury, cheesy edge to them.
Regardless of whether the restaurant is casual or trendy, the wines by the glass list offers the perfect opportunity to try new wines from unusual grape varieties and countries such as grüner veltliner (Austria) and pinotage (South Africa) or to ...
 See also: Pinot, Red, Pinot noir, Wine, Cabernet
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