2016 Rustenberg John X Merriman

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.0 points

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  6/21/2023 - wp_drinkers wrote: 85 Points

  Not sure what's going on here. Just seemed really unbalanced. Fruit gone. Not at all like I remember it from the cellar door.

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  6/12/2023 - A_Steady wrote: 87 Points

  Unbalanced

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  2/17/2023 - johnrm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Our first taste of the 2016. Opened 4h early. Good, deep colour and a fine nose as it opened in the glass. Deep, dark fruit on the palate - dark cherry, blackberry - with some ‘sweet’ character. Hints of cedar, well-balanced acidity and soft tannins. Very smooth with good length. Excellent with a rare ribeye steak.
  This is a fine Bordeaux blend but is not a Bordeaux copy. It is a serious New World treatment of this blend of grapes that stands on its own merits and is an absolute bargain when compared with many Bordeaux wines (and many expensive Californian Bdx blend wines) at this quality/character level.

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  2/5/2023 - Justin Mowatt Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Smooth, fruit forward with solid round tanins. Decanted for 90 minutes

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  11/19/2022 - Lyndon.king Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Excellent - ready to drink full and rounded, really delicous

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