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South African Pinotage: Five to try
Don't believe the doubters...
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1990 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1990 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A large crop. The best wines were Cabernet-based but even these were rather light.
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1993 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1993 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A small and disappointing vintage.
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1991 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1991 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Good, concentrated wines but some have remained rather hard and tannic.
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1992 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1992 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A good vintage for Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage.
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1994 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1994 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A variable year but some good Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and Shiraz was made.
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1995 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1995 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A low-yielding vintage produced good-quality, well-structured wines.
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1996 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1996 vintage guide for Red South Africa. An unexciting vintage with few wines of note.
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1997 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1997 vintage guide for Red South Africa. The top producers overcame difficult conditions to make concentrated, yet well-balanced wines.
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1998 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1998 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A tricky, early vintage. Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon produced the most successful wines.
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1999 vintage guide for Red South Africa
1999 vintage guide for Red South Africa. A small crop. Pinotage performed well.
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2000 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2000 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Ripest, most generous vintage in many years, with big, burly, quick-maturing reds.
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2001 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2001 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Excellent structure with a balance of ripe, complex fruit
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2002 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2002 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Elegant, flavourful reds.
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2003 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2003 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Full-bodied, fruity and full of flavour.
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2004 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2004 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Variable wines. Some will be elegant...
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2005 vintage guide for Red South Africa
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2006 vintage guide for Red South Africa
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2007 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2007 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Challenging season producing wines with great colour and aroma intensity...
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2008 vintage guide for Red South Africa
2008 vintage guide for Red South Africa. Inconsistent quality, but ripe, elegant, well balanced reds from top growers.
