
Prophecy - Pinotage 2023
- Wine: Pinotage
- Vintage: 2023
- Release: Limited Release
First envisioned in 2013, Prophecy is our inaugural Pinotage—a wine born from quiet contemplation. Like the stillness that follows a passing storm, this expression redefines expectations with a delicate, graceful profile. It offers an aromatic spectrum of ripe red cherries, subtle dried earth, and a wisp of fynbos spice, layered over a remarkably refined, silky structure that rewards patience and delights the senses.
- Vineyard: Single-Vineyard Selection (5 year-old vines). 100% Pinotage.
- Fermentation: Hand-selected 100% whole-bunches were fermented naturally with wild yeasts.
- Extraction: Gentle pour-overs were performed 4 times daily during fermentation.
- Pressing: Basket-pressed after 10 days of skin contact.
- Aging: Alcoholic fermentation finished in barrel. Matured for 18 months in neutral French oak to respect the fruit, followed by 15 months in the bottle before release.
- Intervention: Unfined and Unfiltered.
- Production: Extremely limited (290 bottles / 48 cases total).
- Varietal: Pinotage
- Alcohol: 13.0%
- pH: 3.42
- Titratable Acidity: 5.8g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1.0g/l
- Volatile Acidity: 1.08g/l