The fruit for this wine comes from organic and regeneratively-grown, dry-farmed bush vines in decomposed granite soils. These Pinotage vines were planted in 1976 and 1996 and are the closest to the ocean in South Africa. The grapes are picked just as they approach ripeness, to keep alcohol low and fruit just barely ripe. They’re hand-harvested early in the morning and brought directly into the cellar. 30% are destemmed, 30% are kept with stems, and 40% are direct-pressed. This wine ferments and ages in all stainless steel. Atlantikas Pinotage is changing the narrative around this varietal by bringing a lot of positive attention to it!