Community Tasting Notes 14

• Guido L. wrote: 93 points

  December 10, 2023 - This is a great wine with beautiful maturity in its peak drinking spot. Black and red cherry, blueberry, black currant, chocolate and some leather. Smooth and well integrated tannins. The wine will be great for further 3-5 years.

• Zweder wrote: 91 points

  October 9, 2019 - Monthly Tasting Group HWS #142; Vertical De Toren Fusion V plus some ringers (By RG): Red and dark berries, smoke, toast, leather, earl grey tea and some rustic impressions in the bouquet. On the palate green impressions, juicy and ripe fruits, beautiful acidity and soft tannin. Freshness and length. Develops in the glass for the better and is in a perfect drinking stage now.

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• Zweder wrote:

  January 2, 2017 - Weekly tasting group RWP #241: DJ's birthday, so a complete surprise. (@ DJ): In the bouquet dark berries, chocolate, some soy and celery. On the palate the wine is still beautiful, but quite developed. Good acidity and still some bite, but also chocolate, coffee and quite mature. Good to drink this bottle now and not in one or two years. Will not improve. No score for today. 89 or 90 would be quite correct.

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• Padraig wrote: 92 points

  October 13, 2011 - This one really surprised me and my guests. I Vinturi'ed this to a decanter then back to the bottle before popping it open 6 hours later. It was perfectly mature, had a great nose, and was remaniscent of a good CA cab blend at twice the price. I'll be looking for it and hope that other available vintages will have both the longevity and style of this nice wine.

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 points

  December 31, 2009 - Only 13.5% but tastes much bigger, almost port-like, graphite, certainly not claret but a good rich, ripe and balanced wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer De Toren
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Fusion V
• Vineyard n/a
• Country South Africa
• Region Coastal Region
• SubRegion Stellenbosch
• Appellation Stellenbosch
• UPC Code 816053000016

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• In Cellars 156 (67%)
• Consumed 78 (33%)

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