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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by cab blends on 8/7/2023 & rated 93 points: NOT blind (828 views) | | Tasted by Guido L. on 12/22/2022 & rated 93 points: Big and bold wine. Dark cherries, blackberry, dark chocolate. Nice to rink already now, but will be better in 5-10 years. (1145 views) | | Tasted by Stemvers on 10/14/2022 & rated 90 points: Well made, as always, but this was way too early. Will try again in 4 years. (987 views) | | Tasted by rikipedia on 9/5/2022 & rated 91 points: Atkin 95+ Tasting Event (and dinner wines) (Strauss Auction, Cape Town (and Jo'burg)): A complex array of sawdust, woodsmoke, cassis and blackberry on the nose. A nicely extracted palate with cedarwood, toast and wild berries with a lively acidity that provides freshness. This is set against a compote-like intensity of the fruit with richness and flavours of mocha; coffee grinds and very dark, bitter chocolate. Dry-edged firm tannins with a long finish and a linear frame. It could benefit from a little more material to the mid-palate - a little hollow? It finishes with that pastille sweetness and some dried herbs and remains enjoyable. Blend of 57 CS, 14 Merlot, 14 Malbec (151 views) | | Tasted by Peter Spijker on 4/25/2022: Tasting @ De Toren; 4/23/2022-4/25/2022 (De Toren, Stellembosch): The ‘regular’ flagship offering. Medium/deep ruby, cigar box, tobacco, cedar, blackberry, dark cherry, medium + acidity, medium + tannins, clearly not ready to drink yet. (1104 views) |
| De Toren Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.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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