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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2020 (based on 9 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by trepak on 3/19/2019 & rated 87 points: I had high hopes for this wine, and in some ways its delivered, in some it didn't. For a 10 year old, relativily inexpensive wine, its was still very much alive, but if anything, still on the young side. Lots of tannin, that dominated almost everything. There was a veryy good wine underneath it all, waiting to come out. I'd give this another 5 years and see what happens. (1212 views) | | | Tasted by SvenWine on 8/25/2018 & rated 90 points: Dark color, still young
Nose of dark berries, some sour cherries, blackberries, currant... slight touch of violet.
Taste of red currant, black currant, sour cherries.
Tannic, long aftertaste with currant flavors lingering.
Very good. Not yet mature. Save for a few more years. (1389 views) | | | Tasted by tomesis on 9/1/2014 & rated 87 points: Half bottle. Blackcurrant fruit. Full bodied and smooth texture. Menthol hint to finish. Quite tannic but not to unpleasant degree. Very drinkable. (2898 views) | | | Tasted by Bandi on 6/2/2013 & rated 89 points: Approachable now but keep. (4126 views) | | | Tasted by belfast taxman on 1/27/2013 & rated 88 points: This wine could well develop quite a bit more but already producing a silky mouthful of Bordeaux blend with a rustic edge of prama violets and graphite (4252 views) | | | Tasted by glindskog on 11/17/2012 & rated 90 points: Young with grippy tannins but plenty of fresh fruity and sweet blackcurrent. Comes across as a Bordeaux from a warm year. Pencil shavings and cedary tones but not quite developed. Clean finish with decent length. Nice surprise and it's drinking well but needs time to mellow down. Very good value whatsoever and I'm eager to see how it behaves a couple of years from now. (3897 views) | | | Tasted by Biggsy on 10/31/2012 & rated 87 points: Quite a classic claret nose with aromas of cedar and blackberry. Obviously still very young but the tannins are fine and already starting to soften. The palate is full of black fruit, verging on the jammy, but kept fresh with a sweet mint note and the vanilla oak finish. Good qpr. (3864 views) | | | Tasted by 99tollap on 9/29/2012 & rated 87 points: Opened by mass-demand. Far too young at the moment. Dominated by tannins, with some vegetable notes and less fruit. Needs a long time on the rack....great potential though. (2526 views) |
| Rustenberg Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.South Africa Wines of South AfricaStellenbosch Stellenbosch Wine RoutesStellenboschThe historical town of Stellenbosch boasts a winemaking tradition which stretches back to the end of the 17th-century.
Stellenbosch is the educational and research centre of the winelands. Stellenbosch University is the only one in South Africa with a viticultural and oenological department, and many of the country's most successful winemakers studied there. The Nietvoorbij Institute of Viticulture and Oenology is also in Stellenbosch and this organisation has one of the most modern experimental wineries in the world and, at its experimental farms (situated in several wine growing districts), important research into new varietals, clones and rootstocks is undertaken.
The mountainous terrain, good rainfall, deep well-drained soils and diversity of terroirs make this a sought-after viticultural area. The rapidly increasing number of wine estates includes some of the most famous names in Cape wine. The district, with its mix of historic estates and contemporary wineries, produces excellent examples of almost all the noble grape varieties.
The intensively farmed Stellenbosch district has been divided up into several smaller viticultural pockets including Jonkershoek Valley, Papegaaiberg, Simonsberg-Stellenbosch, Bottelary, Devon Valley and Banghoek. |
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