Kanonkop releases world’s most expensive Pinotage – again
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The second vintage of the world's most expensive Pinotage has been launched this week.
The second vintage of Stellenbosch producer Kanonkop’s 1000 Rand (US$138) Pinotage launched in Johannesburg on Monday but will not go on sale until September 22.
The inaugural release, the 2006 Black Label Pinotage, sold out in three hours. While Kanonkop winemaker Abrie Beeslaar admits the 2007 is ‘lighter, more Pinot Noir in style’ to the 2006, it is expected to sell as quickly.
Beeslaar said: ‘We made the wine because this blend was totally different in style. It doesn’t have the typical aromatics of Pinotage and shows people how different Pinotage can be.’
The wine is made from 57 year-old vines on the B202 block.
It will only be available through online retailers www.winesociety.co.za and www.cybercellars.co.za.
Written by Rebecca Gibb
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Rebecca Gibb MW is a wine journalist and editor who has also founded Bamboozled games, ‘the world’s first wine and spirit puzzle makers’. Having spent six years living in New Zealand, she has recently returned to her native north-east England. While in New Zealand, she became a Master of Wine, graduating top of her class and winning the Madame Bollinger medal for excellence in tasting. A former winner of both the UK’s young wine writer of the year and the Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer, her first book The Wines of New Zealand was published in 2018. She also runs wine events and has her own consultancy business The Drinks Project. She was a judge at the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).