GUILLERMO Pinotage 2019 Swartland,

Technical Notes About this The for this wine were sourced Guillermo Pinotage is named after Billy from two sites in the Swartland - certi- ‘Guillermo’ Hughes, close friend of Jeremy fied organic grapes from the Kasteelsig and Emma Borg, owners of Painted Wolf and sustainably-farmed grapes . He was among the first investors in from Leeuwenkuil’s premium Swartland their and conservation adven- vineyard. These grapes were hand-picked ture, trading grapes for shares in Painted into small baskets and taken to the cellar Wolf. Billy, who owns Kasteelsig vineyard, where they were hand sorted, destalked is an uncompromising exponent of organic and gently crushed. After cold-soaking for and naturally-farmed grapes with a keen four days a portion was fermented in open interest in biodynamics. For a few bins and hand-plunged four times a day. Jeremy helped Billy make his Nativo wines. Approximately 30% was fermented in a Jenny Metelerkamp, who lived with Jer- rototank. No commercial yeast was used emy and Emma in the bush in Botswana, as these grapes ferment well with their produced the fine painted wolf ink draw- own yeast. The wine matured in a mixture ing for the labels. Jeremy has applied the of French and American barrels for winemaking knowledge that he learned at 18 months. Approximately 25% was new Rosenblum Cellars, many years ago while wood. 9,600 bottles were produced. making , to his Pinotage produc- tion. As such he has earned the reputation of making one of South Africa’s very best. A beguiling wine with rich, spicy red berry and black cherry aromas, evident ripe tan- UPC CODE: 858441006019 nins and a long, complex finish.

Wine Analysis Clones planted: PI 50a, PI 48 Scores/Reviews Alcohol: 14.77% : Richter 99 and 110 Winemag Top 10 Pinotage winner 2020 Acidity: 5.9 g/L Soil types: Red glenrosa with some oakleaf- Hong Kong IWSC Silver 2020 pH: 3.55 both shale-rich duplex soils Residual Sugar: 2.26 Trellis system: Vertical shoot positioning. Painted Wolf Wines supports the conserva- Planting distance: 2.75x1.2m tion of the highly endangered painted wolf Aspect: East-Northeast facing VEGAN FRIENDLY (African wild dog) and the protection of the Hectares plantred: 4.5 diminishing wild spaces of Africa, through its SUSTAINABLE Irrigation: Unirrigated donations to the EWT (www.ewt.org.za) and ORGANIC Average production: 6.5 tonnes per hectare Tusk (www.tusk.org). BIODYNAMIC date: Late January Altitude: 300m above sea level Temperature: Very hot, dry summers and cooler winters with a large diurnal range. Rainfall: 400mm per annum, mostly in winter.