Colour: Dark Ruby
Bouquet: Stewed fruit and ripe plum infused with lively vanilla and blackcurrant.
Taste: Medium to full-bodied, this Merlot is very true to the grape. Good plum and red berry extract, the soft tannins and lingering aftertaste make for a great food wine.
Enjoy on its own or with veal, turkey or cottage pie.
in the vineyard : The vineyards (viticulturist: Eben Archer):
The vineyards, planted between 1990 and 1993, are situated on slopes facing west and north-west, planted at an altitude of 150 m above sea-level, grow in a combination of decomposed granite and Table Mountain sandstone. The vines, grafted onto nematode-resistant rootstocks of Richter 99, R110 and Ruggeri 140 and trellised on five-wire fence systems, all received supplementary overhead irrigation when necessary, and yielded an average of 7.2 tons per hectare.