Youthful purple-red color. Evolved Bordeauxish flavors but generously so, a perfect intersection of savory and sweet with loads of tradition applied to new world fruit. Excellent for current drinking, needs decanting only to remove sediment.
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Finally. Back in 2001 my wife and I had a wow experience with meerlust in the first year of our relation. After that it as been disappointments with bad cork, dull bottles or simply underwhelming wine. This was my last bottle from the cellar and at 17 years of age - Meerlust finally delivered and reminded us of that great experience so many years ago. Composed, grainy tannins and gorgeous sweet fruit. Lovely.
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My first impression is a huge similarity to what I would expect from a good Bordeaux from the same vintage. Which to me demonstrates how fine a Bordeaux blend this is, and how well it has kept for its 17 years. Stored in cellars since arriving in the UK, decanting 1 hour revealed a small amount of sediment. The colour is quite garnet with little browning. There is still good fruit, however the nose shows more of sloes and some minerality. The palate is earthy and rich, with some sweetness from the fruit. Absolutely beautiful with fillet of beef. A real pleasure to drink.
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8/25/2021 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Youthful purple-red color. Evolved Bordeauxish flavors but generously so, a perfect intersection of savory and sweet with loads of tradition applied to new world fruit. Excellent for current drinking, needs decanting only to remove sediment.
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6/22/2018 - waynediam Likes this wine: 88 Points
Well bodied, full flavour
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9/22/2017 - NiklasT Likes this wine: 92 Points
Finally. Back in 2001 my wife and I had a wow experience with meerlust in the first year of our relation. After that it as been disappointments with bad cork, dull bottles or simply underwhelming wine. This was my last bottle from the cellar and at 17 years of age - Meerlust finally delivered and reminded us of that great experience so many years ago. Composed, grainy tannins and gorgeous sweet fruit. Lovely.
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5/5/2017 - NiklasT wrote: flawed
corked, pity some nice sweet fruit behind the taint.
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2/27/2017 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 93 Points
My first impression is a huge similarity to what I would expect from a good Bordeaux from the same vintage. Which to me demonstrates how fine a Bordeaux blend this is, and how well it has kept for its 17 years. Stored in cellars since arriving in the UK, decanting 1 hour revealed a small amount of sediment. The colour is quite garnet with little browning. There is still good fruit, however the nose shows more of sloes and some minerality. The palate is earthy and rich, with some sweetness from the fruit. Absolutely beautiful with fillet of beef. A real pleasure to drink.
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