Rickety Bridge Merlot 2003

Complex black cherry, peach fruit flavour with cassis and spicy black pepper, components coming through on palate and aftertaste.

Oven baked lamb with basil pesto and butter fried asparagus.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]
winemaker : Wilhelm van Rooyen
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.29 % vol  rs : 2.9 g/l  pH : 3.55  ta : 6.2 g/l  va : 0.68 g/l  so2 : 66 mg/l  fso2 : 21 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fragrant   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

AWARDS
2007 - Bronze Veritas Award
2006 - Bronze Veritas Award
2002 - Bronze Veritas Award
2002 - Bronze Decanter World Wine Award
2001 - Bronze Veritas Award
1999 - Bronze Veritas Award
1998 - Silver Medal – South African Trophy Wine Show
1998 - Silver Veritas Award
about the harvest: Rickety Bridge Merlot grapes were harvested by hand on 12 February 2003 at 24.5° Balling.

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