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2011 Cape Chamonix Pinotage, Franschhoek

( £16, 14, Oddbins )

If you’d rather drink Piat d’Or than most Pinotage, this off-beat example from the Franschhoek Valley might change your mind about this controversial South Africa grape. Gottfried Mocke’s red is made in an unusual (unique for the Cape?) style that uses the ripasso technique of refrementing the wine on its skins and it’s brilliant, with flavours of plum, spice and mulberry, subtle oak and just the right amount of tannin for backbone. 

BuyDrinking window: 2015-19Similar Wines: £10-£20, 91-95, South Africa, Red, Pinotage
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