Five to try

Kanonkop, Black Label Pinotage Stellenbosch South Africa 2012 97 £ 115 Majestic There are only 1,500 bottles of this single-vineyard wine, sourced from a single 60-year-old block. Plush, silky and very complex, with notes of graphite and black fruits, and deftly handled oak. Drink 2016-2025 Alcohol 14.5%

Beeslaar, Pinotage, Stellenbosch,

South Africa 2012 96 £ 30 SA Wines Online The maiden release under Abrie Beeslaar’s own label is floral, enticing and beautifully framed, with masses of sweet, brambly fruit, hints of Asian spices, supple tannins and a core of minerality. Drink 2016-2022 Alc 14.5% Chamonix,Greywacke Pinotage, Franschoek South Africa 2013 94 £ 15.50-£ 16.95 AC Gallie, Love Wine, Stone Vine & Sun An unusual red that combines carbonic maceration with dried-on-the-vine grapes to produce something that tastes like a Pinotage crossed with a Valpolicella Ripasso. Juicy, yet grippy.

Drink 2016-2020 Alc 14.5% Radford Dale, Frankenstein Pinotage, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2014 93 £ 18-£ 19.95 BuonVino, The Wine Society Made like a Pinot Noir, with whole-bunch fermentation, this is a perfumed, delicate, refreshing style with bright acidity and a core of red fruit sweetness. A monster it is not. Drink 2016-2019 Alc 13% Fram Pinotage, Citrusdal Mountain, South Africa 2012 91 £ 20.30 Swig The oak is so old on Thinus Kruger’s refined, scented red that you barely notice it. Raspberry and red cherry fruit, some liquorice spice and palate-caressing tannins. A lovely West Coast red. Drink 2016-2019 Alc 14%