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Stoneboat Vineyards Pinotage 2005

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Stoneboat Vineyards Pinotage (2005)

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Winery:
Stoneboat Vineyards
Varietal:
Pinotage
Region:
Canada > British Columbia > Okanagan Valley
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2013
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User Tags:  resinous, oak, purple, rich, plum, stone fruits, romanian cheese, varietal, release, strong 


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Pinotage, a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, is considered to be one of the classic grapes from South Africa. It can produce a very distinctive wine with a hint of rubber on the nose that leads to a rather fruity palate with notes of banana, plum and cherry. While the grape is high in tannins, the wine is produced in a broad range of styles.

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Stoneboat Vineyards is a new Okanagan winery operated by Lanny Martiniuk and his family. A one-time technician in nuclear medicine, he has been growing grapes since 1984. He has become one of the leading vine propagators in British Columbia and that helps to explain why he is able to release the Okanagan’s second Pinotage. Lake Breeze was the first with Pinotage. That winery’s original owner, Paul Moser, was from South Africa, where Pinotage was created. He imported a small number of vines and had Martiniuk propagate them. Trying to keep the variety exclusive, he refused cuttings for Martiniuk’s read more...


 

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Found this one quite different from other Pinotages in the same region. This one had a much stronger oak flavour to it.


March 2009

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