Not sure that 2020 is the best vintage in recent years for red Stellenbosch wines, it has a nice mix of black and red fruit and some oak that has not integrated fully just yet, a green pepper note which is surprising given the high degree of merlot, but perhaps also a little thin on the mid palate. For this vintage I would probably by the 2nd wine the Meerlust Red and not buy for the cellar.
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8/26/2023 - Omar Khayyam wrote:
Tasting Meerlust wines with Wim Truter (Tryffelsvinet, Blasieholmen): 48 % Cabernet Sauvignon
46 % Merlot
5 % Cab Franc
1 % petit Verdot
Not sure that 2020 is the best vintage in recent years for red Stellenbosch wines, it has a nice mix of black and red fruit and some oak that has not integrated fully just yet, a green pepper note which is surprising given the high degree of merlot, but perhaps also a little thin on the mid palate. For this vintage I would probably by the 2nd wine the Meerlust Red and not buy for the cellar.
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