Alvi’s Drift Pinotage 221

Alvi’s Drift Pinotage 221

With an intense black cherry colour and youthful purple rim, this wine’s aroma is bursting with bramble
berries and red cherries, with hints of spice and vanilla on the nose. The red cherry character follows
through beautifully on the palate, introducing a wellbalanced wine with lively acids, charming fruit and
soft tannins. This medium-bodied red wine can be enjoyed right away, but will mature for at least 3 years.

ON THE VINES

With an ideal Mediterranean microclimate, an abundance of soil diversity and water from the
life-giving Breede River, the Alvi’s Drift vineyards are ideally positioned for producing remarkable wines of
unique character and complexity.

The vineyards are sustainably fertilised with natural compost produced on our farm, and meticulously managed to ensure optimal quality and flavour. Come harvest time, our grapes are selectively hand harvested in the cool, early morning hours to ensure only the healthiest, perfectly ripe bunches are used for production.

PAIRING SUGGESTION

Enjoy this wine with spaghetti bolognaise, charcuterie or Emmentaler cheese. It will also make a perfect accompaniment to a salmon or tuna sushi platter.

HERITAGE

Alvi’s Drift winery takes its name from the low-water bridge over the Breede River which cuts through the family farm. Albertus Viljoen “Oupa Alvi” van der Merwe was instrumental in having this bridge built back in 1930.
Oupa Alvi’s son Bertie started wine production on the family farm and today Bertie’s son, Alvi’s Drift winemaker Alvi van der Merwe produces the winery’s award-winning wines, enjoyed by wine lovers around the globe.
True to our winery’s trademark, fruit driven style, the outstanding wines in our Signature range offer wine lovers exceptional value. In the words of Alvi’s Drift winemaker, Alvi van der Merwe, “think ‘great’, for the price of good!”

IN THE CELLAR

In the Alvi’s Drift cellar, our winemaking team strongly focuses on preserving the fruit-driven expression of the grapes that go into our award-winning wines. Only premium free-run juice was used to create
this unwooded wine. To ensure maximum fruit and flavour retention, depth of palate and a beautiful mouthfeel, clarified juice was cold fermented and left on lees for several months before fining and stabilisation

FROM THE FRONT LABEL

FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1928

ALVI’S DRIFT

— 221 —

PINOTAGE 2021

SOUTH AFRICA
WESTERN CAPE

FROM THE BACK LABEL

ALVI’S DRIFT 221

In 1928 the All-Black rugby team, dubbed “the invincibles”, arrived on the shores of South Africa. The rugby world was rocked when a young, 19-year-old Alvi van der Merwe scored the first try in history against the All-Blacks on African soil. Alvi went on to be selected as the 221st player to play for the South African national rugby team “The Springboks”, who with Alvi in their ranks, toured the UK and Europe undefeated. The 221 range, made by his grandchildren on Alvi’s farm in Worcester, South Africa, pays tribute to this winning legacy.

PINOTAGE

This inviting fruit-driven red wine is smooth and silky in texture and packed with ripe red and black berry flavours. A fusion of the traditional barrel matured style with an innovative new world twist. A classic example of the famous, uniquely South African variety, Pinotage.

Imported by De Monnik Dranken – 7575 EM Oldenzaal – Netherlands.
WINE OF ORIGIN WESTERN CAPE, WINE OF SOUTH AFRICA • www.alvisdrift.co.za
PRODUCED BY ALVI’S DRIFT PRIVATE CELLAR, SCHERPENHEUWEL RD, WORCESTER

CONTAINS SULPHITES

13.5% VOL, 750 ml

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Alvi’s Drift Pinotage 221