Intro to Painted Wolf The Den Pinotage Rose – The Painted Wolf The Den Pinotage Rose from Paarl South Africa is a bright fruity wine with strawberry, cherry and cranberry flavours, a gentle underlying minerality and a fresh lingering finish. Full tasting note and wine making – The Painted Wolf The Den Pinotage Rose from Paarl is a fine fruity wine with cherry, strawberry, peach and mineral aroma and a fresh lingering finish. Jeremy Borg set out to make the finest most elegant dry rosé possible from handpicked grapes taken to the cellar at Rheebokskloof where the wine making team of Trizanne Barnard and Rolanie Lotz were tasked to make the best possible rosé using the lightest and most elegant of pressings. The wine cold fermented in tank and was finished with Viognier lees. The wine is a true English rose. The Pinotage grapes were sourced from a number of blocks of older vines in Paarl and the grapes are hand harvested into small baskets and after pressing were left on skins for roughly 6 hours and the juice drawn off the skins and cold fermented in tank. This wine is delicious as a young wine but will gain complexity and interest with a couple of years of bottle aging. The producer – Painted Wolf Wines was founded by Jeremy and Emma Borg, drawing inspiration from the African Wild Dog, and to quote them our own Painted Wolf pack is a community of talented individuals who bring the best available grapes, technical and practical skills to Painted Wolf, allowing us to craft a range of delicious, authentic satisfying wines. Jeremy has over 20 years experience working with wineries in USA, UK and in South Africa and has a keen understanding of both wine making and the market and set out with a fresh and different approach. The goal is to build a community of passionate caring individuals who through grapes and teamwork bring the best available technical and practical skills to Painted Wolf. Jeremy is a visionary, with a burning passion to develop Painted Wolf Wines into an exceptional organisation, true to their mantra. Emma draws on her wide experiences from working in hotel, catering and safari camp management, and collected whilst travelling and working on her adventures in various parts of the world. Having worked as a freelance photographer in the Cape winelands for the past few years, her work has been published in many wine books and publications. She is utilises her photographic and networking skills to tell the Painted Wolf story. Drink with – Pairs well with salads, goats cheese and light fish dishes.
