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Community Tasting Notes 4
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stubot Likes this wine: 85 points
May 13, 2012 - A restrained nose of blackcurrant jam. In the mouth this was big on Stewed blackcurrant with plum, green pepper and pencil shavings - with a steely iron too. Quite a bit of oak, high tannins and a long dry finish of bitter chocolate. Pretty good, but a bit heavy going.
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barolo_99 wrote:
March 19, 2012 - ok
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Yiannis wrote: 84 points
September 21, 2009 - Medium depth garnet. Typical merlot aromas of plums and herbs combined with rubbery/animal notes typical of South African wines. Mid-bodied and austere, very old-world in style, with subtle fruit, firm tannins and high acidity. Fairly long but rather flat aftertaste. Not special.
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SimonG wrote:
March 12, 2009 - Caroline's bash (Windsor): Tasted alongside the 2000. Unsurprisingly this is a younger version of its older brother. The younger more vigorous version was generally prefered by the tasters. **1/2
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By Stephen Tanzer
March/April 2009, IWC Issue #143 (link)(Vergelegen Merlot Stellenbosch) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Vergelegen
- Varietal Merlot
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country South Africa
- Region Coastal Region
- SubRegion Stellenbosch
- Appellation Stellenbosch
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 37 (51%)
- Consumed 35 (49%)
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- VarietyMerlot
- CountrySouth Africa
- SubRegionStellenbosch
- AppellationStellenbosch
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