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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2026 (based on 6 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by king-bing on 6/2/2023: Screwcap. Drank alongside a 2018. Pretty good from opening with classic notes of blackcurrant and leather. A little green pepper later. Despite 14.5%abv this felt lighter and better balanced. Retains some structure but lovely to drink now. A very satisfying sort of wine and frankly a bargain. (666 views) | | | Tasted by Rupert on 4/9/2023: Big round new world cab, loads of tannin, but it doesn't stick out at all. (657 views) | | | Tasted by king-bing on 10/29/2022: 14.5%abv. Surprisingly tannic to start. Lovely notes of old stone, cranberry, blackcurrant. Great value. (791 views) | | | Tasted by -Tim- on 12/24/2021 & rated 88 points: Made from 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 5% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc. 20 months in oak barriques.
Given the warnings in the other tasting notes on CT (thanks LUKEINTOWN), I decanted this wine for 5 hours. Seemed to have worked well, as it did not feel tannic at all. I got cherries, olives, tobacco and rather high acidity. I would suggest to store this one another couple of years in order to get the acidity better integrated.
Tim Atkin: 94p (977 views) | | | Tasted by lukeintowine on 3/26/2021 & rated 88 points: This left me a bit puzzled. This was so tannic on the first day I had to take a sip of water after each sip of wine. No kidding. They were so mouth drying! Also, the amount of sediment in the bottle was strange.
Nonetheless, the wine fascinated me with its power.
Day 1: Cabernet Sauvignon is dominating with meaty and (green) bell pepper, then blackberries and cherry. Big tannins that give you something to chew on. The acidity gives a nice tension. Overall unsettled and missing balance.
Day 4: Tannins are tamed and give better mouthfeel. More room for the fruit. Better balance.
I will try to get 2 more bottles and store them away for 10+ years. (1321 views) | | | Tasted by Fleets on 5/24/2020 & rated 89 points: Opened whilst cooking a batch of ratatouille, PnP and delicious from the outset. Fruit forward, not too tannic, dark fruit/morello cherry . Not necessarily many hidden depths but always reliable, easygoing and tasty. (1459 views) | | | Tasted by gbrowse on 3/12/2020 & rated 87 points: Just like a nice Bordeaux. (1255 views) |
| Rustenberg Producer website2017 Rustenberg John X Merriman14.5% abvRed 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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