Beyerskloof Pinotage Reserve 2024

2024 Vintage — Stellenbosch, South Africa Beyerskloof is the Cape’s flagship Pinotage producer — founded by Beyers Truter (the man who put Pinotage on the international map) on the granite-and-clay slopes north of Stellenbosch. The estate makes Pinotage at almost every tier in the South African market, but the Reserve is the serious one: old-bush-vine fruit, lower yields, barrel ageing, designed to age. 100% Pinotage from older bush-vine parcels at higher elevation, hand-harvested, fermented in open-top tanks with daily pump-overs, then aged for around 14 months in French oak (a portion new) to build structure and integrate the variety’s signature sweet-fruit character. The estate’s house style favours restraint and freshness — a Pinotage built for the table, not for showing off.