Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2025
Enticing aromas of Turkish delight, chocolate, red and black cherries, vanilla and red plum. These follow through to the palate with an added hint of butterscotch and smooth, supple tannins. Perfectly balanced, this wine will tickle your taste buds and reward with its structure and length of flavour.
Analysis: Alc:14.4 RS:9.04 pH:3.64 TA:5.56
Winemaker: Maggie Immelman, André Scriven
Variety: Pinotage
Origin: Darling
In crafting our awarded Chocoholic Pinotage, an essential step takes place right in the vineyards. The grape stalks are “pinching”, which encourages raisining while the grapes continue to ripen on the vine. This process yields an exceptionally sweet juice with a high sugar content. When creating the final wine, this “sweet building block” is blended with barrel-aged Pinotage wine, resulting in a Pinotage that is seductively smooth, sensually soft, subtly sweet, mouth-filling, and decadently rich.
Food SuggestionsEnjoy this wine on its own or pair with a variety of meat or pasta dishes, and berry or chocolate desserts.
In The Vineyard
Terroir: Deep, decomposed granite soils on the slopes of the Darling Hills, with a cooling effect in the warm afternoons from the Atlantic Ocean in close proximity.
Vineyard type: Bush Vine, dry land
The HarvestYield: 3 - 7 t/ha
Balling at Harvest: 24 - 25°B
In The CellarVinification: Crush and destalk, 5 - 6 days fermentation at 20 - 30°C on skin. Pressed at 5 - 10°B.
Maturation: A portion of the wine spent 8 - 12 months on staves to add complexity and layers.
Blend: 100% Pinotage
Type: Red
Style: Off Dry
Body: Medium
Taste: Fruity
Organic: ✔
Closure: Screwcap
Pack Type: Bottle
Pack Size: 750ml
| Wine | Wine Maker | Main Variety |
|---|---|---|
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 3L Bag in Box | Maggie Immelman, André Scriven | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 3litre NV | Carel Hugo and Pieter-Niel Rossouw | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2025 | Maggie Immelman, André Scriven | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2024 | Maggie Immelman, André Scriven | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2023 | André Scriven and Maggie Immelman | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage Magnum 2022 | Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2022 | Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2021 | Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2020 | Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2018 | Carel Hugo and Pieter-Niel Rossouw | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2017 | Carel Hugo and Pieter-Niel Rossouw | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2016 | Carel Hugo and Pieter-Niel Rossouw | Pinotage |
| Darling Cellars Chocoholic Pinotage 2015 | Carel Hugo and Pieter-Niel Rossouw | Pinotage |