Savvy wine buy: Montestell ‘98 Reserve Pinotage

Max Jacobson

Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2000 | 10:06 a.m.

The excellent wines of South Africa were commercially unavailable in this country because of international sanctions during the long, dark years of apartheid. Now they are flooding in with a vengeance, and the most distinctive grape varietal they grow is Pinotage, which yields an easy to drink, highly aromatic red wine full of luscious red berry flavors and firm acidity. This particular wine has a wild fruitiness, a fair bit of spice and a hint of new oak. It's a wine South Africans love to match with game, perfect for whatever is cooking on the grill during early fall.

Available at Lee's Discount Liquors, $14.99.

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