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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2009 (based on 7 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rs on 9/29/2012 & rated 88 points: Plum, lead pencil, green pepper, tar, smoke. Matured but still nice acid and soft tannins. Shows that some SA wines age pretty well. Better than expected, flirting with Pomerol. (1782 views) | | | Tasted by barolo_99 on 9/27/2011: trinken (2330 views) | | | Tasted by dave747400 on 7/29/2009 & rated 92 points: Audouzed 3hrs. With Lasagne.
Again, delicious. Light nose but full palate, with a nice acidic streak giving freshness, lots of plummy Merlot fruit (although I wonder if there's a little Cabernet in this wine despite the label?) and plenty of structure.Big hit with Sal. (2285 views) | | | Tasted by dave747400 on 3/29/2009 & rated 93 points: With Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding & all the trimmings.
Decanted 1hr. At it's peak after 2hrs. Good nose but great palate. Sweet and savoury at the same time. Bursting with fruit, nice herbs and held together by excellent structure. Real Old World meets New World. Love this wine. (2384 views) | | | Tasted by dave747400 on 9/3/2008 & rated 93 points: With organic sirloin steak & corn-on-the-cob.
Delicious, mature, perfect with the sirloin.
Tasting notes consistent with previous bottles. (2361 views) | | | Tasted by dave747400 on 6/21/2008 & rated 92 points: Another beautiful bottle. In competition with Kaonokop Pinotage 03 and Lord Neethsling 98 was group favourite... (1145 views) | | | Tasted by dave747400 on 4/2/2007 & rated 94 points: Opened 2hrs then double decanted & left for 3hrs. Light sediment.
Lovely dark red colour. Wonderful nose - leather & tobacco. Could hardly believe the palate. Just breathtaking. St. Emilion meets RSA. Reminded me of Monbousquet. Sweet attack - plums and cassis, lovely weight in the middle with chocolate and leather and a finish straight from the Right Bank - dry and appetising and leaving delicious flavours bouncing around the mouth. 15% abv but absolutely no heat on the finish whatsoever. (1351 views) | | | Tasted by tendring on 5/9/2005 & rated 80 points: Dense and opaque with a little age.
A complex nose, leaf mould.
Bell pepper and fruit in the attack, fresh, not very long. (260 views) |
| Vergelegen Producer websiteMerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.South Africa Wines of South AfricaStellenbosch Stellenbosch Wine RoutesStellenboschThe historical town of Stellenbosch boasts a winemaking tradition which stretches back to the end of the 17th-century.
Stellenbosch is the educational and research centre of the winelands. Stellenbosch University is the only one in South Africa with a viticultural and oenological department, and many of the country's most successful winemakers studied there. The Nietvoorbij Institute of Viticulture and Oenology is also in Stellenbosch and this organisation has one of the most modern experimental wineries in the world and, at its experimental farms (situated in several wine growing districts), important research into new varietals, clones and rootstocks is undertaken.
The mountainous terrain, good rainfall, deep well-drained soils and diversity of terroirs make this a sought-after viticultural area. The rapidly increasing number of wine estates includes some of the most famous names in Cape wine. The district, with its mix of historic estates and contemporary wineries, produces excellent examples of almost all the noble grape varieties.
The intensively farmed Stellenbosch district has been divided up into several smaller viticultural pockets including Jonkershoek Valley, Papegaaiberg, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, Bottelary, Devon Valley and Banghoek. |
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