Community Tasting Notes 2

• RajivAyyangar wrote: 70 points

  March 30, 2008 - South African Wines with Peter Morales of 57 St. Imports; 3/28/2008-3/30/2008 (Butler College, Princeton University): From a tasting given by Peter Morales of 57 St. Imports.
  
  COLOR: Medium.
  
  NOSE: Pyrazine. Not much else.
  
  Medium acidity. Very little tannins. Some residual sugar. Not a great finish. Pazzz
  
  NOTE: During the casual tasting afterwards I tasted several more reds and isolated a menthol/eucalyptus tone in almost all of them. I cannot recall whether this wine had them, because I was not looking for it at the time. I believe this is a common tone in South African wines.

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• chmd wrote: 90 points

  October 3, 2007 - Very nice. Great balance and complexity. Clearly the winemaker's decision to pick up the grapes on the less ripe side is the right choice. Compared to most "New World' Merlot I have tasted, it's clearer, fresher, and more complex. It does not hammer the tastebuds either. ST says 90, so it's 90 for me too.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Vergelegen
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Stellenbosch
• Appellation Stellenbosch
• UPC Code 6003706000828

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• In Cellars 30 (54%)
• Consumed 26 (46%)

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