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Pictus IX - 2021 W.O. COASTAL REGION
Mourvèdre 40% | Syrah 40%| Grenache 10% | Carignan10%
Alc: 13.5% | R.S: 2.8g/l | T.A: 5.6g/l | Ph: 3.52
A rich, full-bodied and elegant wine with intense layers of blackberries and forest fruits, leather, mushroom and pungent black pepper. Ripe, beautifully integrated tannins and firm acidity provide structure and lead to a long, rewarding finish.
Pictus IX will mature in bottle for 10 to 12 years from vintage.
Grenache and Carignan grapes were harvested on Welgegund farm on western facing slopes above Wellington; Syrah and Mourvèdre are both from Kasteelsig vineyard, a certified organic vineyard in the Swartland. The Carignan vines are over 45 years old and are registered heritage vines. Neither of the above vineyards are irrigated.
Painted Wolf Wines supports the conservation of the highly endangered painted
wolf (African wild dogs) and
the protection of the diminishing wild spaces of Africa, through its donations to the EWT – www.ewt.org.za and Tusk – www.tusk.org.
The Carignan, Syrah and Mourvèdre grapes were hand-picked into small baskets and crushed into small open fermenters and fermented with wild yeast. We hand punched the cap up to four times a day and then dry pressed in small batches. The wine was aged in 300-litre French oak barrels for 16 months with Syrah in new barrels.
Total production 2800 bottles.
THE STORY OF THIS WINE Pictus is named after the scientific name for an African wild dog, Lycaon Pictus, meaning Wolf in Greek and Painted in Latin. Pictus is made with meticulous care and blended from our favorite wines of the vintage. Each vintage is labelled with a different piece of artwork. The artwork for Pictus VIII is a study by the highly regarded South African conservationist and artist, the late Keith Joubert. Permission to use the work was kindly granted by his wife, Val.
