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Pinot Noir Cape South Coast Elgin vin rouge tranquille

Origin

Burgundy

Growing regions

France, Germany, United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Chile

Also known as

Spätburgunder

Elgin is South Africa's Pinot Noir revelation. Nestled in a high valley at 200–400 metres, cooled by Antarctic winds tracking up the coastline and wrapped in morning mists from the Indian Ocean, this former apple-growing region has established itself within two decades as South Africa's reference address for Pinot …