Kanonkop Pinotage Simonsberg-Stellenbosch 2022 750 ML

The name Kanonkop is derived from a hillock (kop) on the Simonsberg mountain above the wine estate from where, during the 17th and 18th centuries, a cannon (kanon) was fired to announce the arrival of sailing ships entering Table Bay.\n\nThe roar of the cannon would be the signal to local farmers, who were waiting to make the 50-kilometer journey to the harbour, to load up their wagons with fresh fruit and vegetables to barter their produce.\n\nThe first wines bearing the Kanonkop label were produced in 1973.\n\nTo wine lovers familiar with the centuries old Chateaux and domaines of Bordeaux and Burgundy respectively, the winemaking history of our estate may seem surprisingly young.\n\nFor 1973 was the year in which Kanonkop’s contention for a place in the annals of South African wine greatness began, just three years before the death of the man to whom the wine estate owes everything it has achieved and all the recognition it has attained: Paul Sauer.