Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2021

This complex but also elegant wine spoils you with flavours of raspberry, ripe red plum, vanilla, coffee, liquorice, chocolate and nuances of tobacco. This wine has an elegant structure with velvety tannins and a surprisingly lengthy aftertaste. The balance is simply near perfect!

Enjoy this on its own or with roasted duck breast or roasted tomato and basil pasta. Will also pair well with a creamy mushroom risotto.


variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]
winery : Darling Cellars
winemaker : Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman
wine of origin : Darling
analysis : alc : 14.34 % vol  rs : 2.95 g/l  pH : 3.68  ta : 5.42 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Medium  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Screwcap  

AWARDS
2023 Lumo Awards - Gold
2023 Merit Challenge - Double Gold

Darling Cellars Reserve is a wine range of straight varietals where the focus is on fruit driven, varietal true, value for money wines.

in the vineyard : 

Strategically selected sites which get the warm sunny days and cooling effect of the Atlantic Ocean. Deep soils from decomposed granite, clay rich, good drainage
Vineyard type: Bush Vine, no irrigation
Yield: 5.5-6.5 t/ha

about the harvest: 

The grapes were harvested from dryland farmed vineyards in Darling, where the vines are not trellised and planted as bush vines. Six Tonner refers to the average yield on these grapes.
Balling at Harvest: 24-25°B

in the cellar : 

Vinification: Crush and destalk, 5 - 10 days fermentation at 24 - 26°C.
Maturation: 12 months aged on French and American oak.

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