| Hazendal | Western Cape |
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| 1999 - Cherry nose with a summer pudding taste - raspberry, redcurrant, strawberry, and yes even a hint of bread - short aftertaste. Made for UK market from Stellenbosch fruit. 14% alc (PFM 10/02) | |
| Helderberg Winery | Helderberg |
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| Unwooded, with not a forthcoming bouquet, a rustic palate with a touch of sweetness and a very dry aftertaste - 1996 vintage (Norman Brett) Sweet plum nose, surprisingly tannic dryness. Good food wine (1996 tasted 12/98) | |
| Helderkruin Winery | Stellenbosch |
| Owner Niels du Toit tells me the vineyards altitude and closeness to the sea's cooling breezes allows his pinotage to get very ripe and be harvested four weeks later than vineyards in Stellenbosch |
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| Hermanusrivier | Walker Bay |
| tasting reports welcomed | |
| Hidden River | Worcester |
| Most strange - the back label says it is bottled in Italy byGI s.p.a. of Trento for a Welsh company. There is no 'A' number on the label or 'bus ticket' on the bottle. | |
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| Hidden Valley | Stellenbosch |
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Hidden Valley have 6 hectares of pinotage and planting more.
While they wait for their own winery to be built, vinification is being undertaken by Grangehurst Winery who are released the 95
wines under the Grangehurst Hidden Valley label. 1996 Pinotage
will be available under the Hidden Valley label after oak maturation at Grangehurst.
The 1996 was a winner in the Pinotage Association Top 10 Pinotage competition 1998, the 1997 in 1999, and the 1998 won in 2000. The 1997 vintage was fermented in open tanks and matured for 16 monthin 1st and 2nd fill French and American barrels. Limited edition of 10,500 numbered bottles |
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2001 - big wine, quite dry with rounded flavours and that Pinotage sweetness on the end. Quite delicious now. 1997 - astounding mouthfilling wine with rich fruits and a hint of tar. It is wonderfully spicy, with long lasting fresh clean fruit flavours. The 1997 is an ABSA Top 10 winner for 1999 and the WINE magazine 1999 Pinotage Champion and long lasting. This a world class wine. (December 2000 - PFM) | |
| Hill and Dale | Stellenbosch |
| Winemaker Guy Webber calls it his second label for Stellenzicht, Top 10 judges rated the 2003 runner up in the 2004 competition. | |
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2003 - Beautiful young, rounded, fruity with blackberry freshness. Made from Stellenzicht grapes with a few from Neetlingshof. Fermented on staves, aged in old barrels. (PFM 09/04)
2001 - Bright ruby colour, subdued nose, very soft approachanbe with soft tannins on finish. 14% (PFM 02/04) | |
| Hippo Creek | Western Cape |
| No information about the wine on the back label, only about the name which refers to the hippo's who used to wallow in the marshes alongside the vineyards. While it's a memorable name, one taster said it made her think of the muddy, smelly and scum filled liquid in which hippo's play, and that wasn't the sort of thoughts she would want to link to a wine! |
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1999 Clear, medium ruby colour. Very forward nose of leathery plum, strawberry and banana. Fourteen percent alcohol and considerable residual sweetness make for a warm and expansive, sweetish entry, with banana and leathery plum flavours fanning out across the palate. Sweetish, but balanced, palate feel. Typical bitter black table grapes chime in on the back of the palate, and linger into the long and tasty finish. (Paul Bulas - 01/2002) Clear, medium ruby colour. Very forward nose of leathery plum, strawberry and banana. Fourteen percent alcohol and considerable residual sweetness make for a warm and expansive, sweetish entry, with banana and leathery plum flavours fanning out across the palate. Sweetish and almost fat, but balanced, palate feel. Typical bitter black table grapes chime in on the back of the palate, and linger on a long and tasty finish. (Following day -Today, the wine is displaying a lovely bittersweet black chocolate note on the finish. Give a wine a few hours, and it invariably changes, evolves... (Paul Bulas - 06/01) 1996 Light colour, bright clear pale wine with a delicate nose. Raspberry and bubblegum flavour with lingering aftertaste. A definite silky texture coating the tongue. A pleasant drinking wine. ( tasted May 1998) |
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| Hoopenburg | Stellenbosch |
| 1998 was the first pinotage vintage from this winery. |
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| 20001 - Very black dense colour, subdued dusty esters on nose. Warm sweet upfront fruity flavours. Rounded and refreshing. Very Good. 14% alc (PFM 10/02) | |
| Hueguenot Wines | Wellington |
| Tasting reports welcomed | |
| Hutton Ridge | Swartland |
| Takes its name from the hutton soil vineyards are planted on. Export label of Riebeek Cellars. |
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2001Dense black purple colour, not much nose, but a lovely mouthfilling wine, with lovely damsons and spices. Subtle tannins from 30% oak aging. Excellent (PFM 05/2002)
2000 The first crop from three year old vines, picked very ripe, on oak chips and staves for three months. Bottled end of 2000 and spent a year in bottle. Good dark colour, warm nose with slight esters present. Soft refreshing damson flavours with depth. Some good tannins, leaving me with a dry mouth and long fading taste. Excellent (PFM 02/2002) |
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September 2005
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