The Wine Chronicles: Bottle Two

Stormhoek Pinotage, South Africa, 2006, $12: served with a spinach salad with goat cheese and garlickey pinto beans. I had high hopes for this wine, since it was the first straight, non-blended pinotage I'd be trying after enjoying the Sebeka and Herding Cats blends. It was jammy and very berry-ish, but had a touch more puckery tannin than the other South African wines I've tried. I know many serious red wine drinkers like tannins, but I don't. Also, coincidence or not, but I got a splitting headache every night I drank this (I worked my way through the bottle over three nights). So my verdict is: eh. It was okay, but I wouldn't buy it again, especially since, for the same price, I can get two bottles of Sebeka!