2006 Tumara Pinotage Stellenbosch

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Producer: Tumara
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Pinotage
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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88 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2009

($17) Good full red. Aromas of raspberry, chocolate, tobacco and smoky oak. At once sweet and savory, with flavors of bitter cherry, plum and raspberry complemented by smoke and tobacco elements. Very pinotage, finishing with good grip and length but fairly soft tannins. (57 Main Street Wine Co., Garden City, NY)

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South Africa has produced wines in the area of Cape Town since the 17th century, but the country's significant place in the U.S. market is far more recent. During the era of apartheid, trade sanctions imposed on imports from South Africa kept these wines out of the U.S. and many other markets, with the effect that local South African winemakers had little incentive to produce wines that could compete in a global setting...
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