Coffeewines
Coffeewine - South Africa's wine speciality with the special aroma of coffee and chocolate
Coffeewine is a style of wine that has found more and more enthusiastic fans in South Africa in recent years. This complex, refined red wine is usually made from Pinotage grapes. The indigenous Pinotage grape variety, a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault vines, is particularly well suited to the production of coffee wines at the highest level because it produces very rustic wines.
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African Java Pinotage
- Van Loveren
- Red wine - off dry
- South Africa - Robertson
- Pinotage
- Michelangelo Awards 2021: Gold
Content: 0.75 Liter (€12.73* / 1 Liter)
Barista Pinotage
- Val de Vie
- Red wine - dry
- South Africa - Robertson
- Pinotage
Content: 0.75 Liter (€10.73* / 1 Liter)
Pinotage
- Diemersfontein
- Red wine - dry
- South Africa - Wellington
- Pinotage
- Jahrgang 2023 - John Platter: 4 Sterne
Content: 0.75 Liter (€18.47* / 1 Liter)
Cappupino Ccinotage
- Boland Cellar
- Red wine - dry
- South Africa - Coastal Region
- Pinotage
- John Platter: 3 stars "vintage 2016" A rating for the vintage 2017 is not available until the Platter edition 2020!
Content: 0.75 Liter (€12.73* / 1 Liter)
Tangled Tree Chocolate Cabernet Sauvignon
- Van Loveren
- Red wine - off dry
- South Africa - Robertson
- Cabernet Sauvignon
Content: 0.75 Liter (€10.07* / 1 Liter)
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Yeast cultures and roasted oak sticks for that special coffee flavour
For the coffee wine, the special Pinotage grapes are fermented together with specially cultivated yeast strains, which help to bring out and enhance the coffee and chocolate flavours desired in the wine. During the ageing period of this exceptional wine, heavily toasted oak staves are also added to the wine tanks. This ensures that the usual vanilla notes of Pinotage fade into the background and allow the coffee flavours to take precedence. The result of this unusual production process is a South African Pinotage with rich, round coffee, chocolate and spice flavours that is easy to drink and is a good accompaniment to a barbecue, for example.
The prototype for Pinotage wines in the "Barrista" style came from winemaker Bertrus Fourie
The South African winemaker Bertrus Fourie is regarded as the "inventor" of coffee wine. He produced the first Diemersfontein Coffee Pinotage in 2001 and thus created the prototype for Pinotage wines in the "barrista" style. With this new style of wine, he wrote a new chapter in South African wine history. Every year, the new vintage of this special wine is celebrated at "Diemersfontein" with the "POT Festival" (Pinotage on Tap). The young wine is poured directly from the barrels and served with the appropriate accompaniments, such as a chocolate fondue. With its dark chocolate flavours and subtle notes of mint, baked plums and ripe, subtle tannins, the coffee Pinotage also goes well with salmon, smoked duck breast, grilled dishes or chocolate mousse.