September 29, 2012 - 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.
September 27, 2011 - trinken
July 29, 2009 - 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.
March 29, 2009 - 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.
September 3, 2008 - With organic sirloin steak & corn-on-the-cob.
Delicious, mature, perfect with the sirloin.
Tasting notes consistent with previous bottles.
June 21, 2008 - Another beautiful bottle. In competition with Kaonokop Pinotage 03 and Lord Neethsling 98 was group favourite...
April 2, 2007 - 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.
May 9, 2005 - Dense and opaque with a little age.
A complex nose, leaf mould.
Bell pepper and fruit in the attack, fresh, not very long.