Perderberg Winery Pinotage Lidl Deluxe

Had not had Pinotage before. For the price point, this is a deal. Nice balance and fruit and drinks evenly.

Fairtrade wine from Lidl. Possibly produced by Perderberg (no details on label, except that it is bottled in Germany. I'm not normally a fan of Pinotage (a hangover from years ago when some examples were tainted with a 'burnt rubber' taste; thankfully a thing of the past now). This wine had good fruit on the nose and plenty of juicy dark fruit on the palate - blackcurrant, blackberry, blueberry - with lots of berry acidity, some soft vanilla and gentle …