Variety: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: South Africa
Wine appellation: Coastal Region
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: dark garnet red with brown meniscus
Bouquet: quite animal with leather, coffee, toasted bread tones supported by some baked fruit, opening widely 2 hours after opening
Taste: medium body, very very gentle in the mouth baked plum cake with black currant and cherries marmalade, good round mid palate profile, very nice gentle (still mouth drying) tannnins, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: venison
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: 33 rands on sale in 2004
Stopper:single piece cork
Wine appellation: Coastal Region
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: dark garnet red with brown meniscus
Bouquet: quite animal with leather, coffee, toasted bread tones supported by some baked fruit, opening widely 2 hours after opening
Taste: medium body, very very gentle in the mouth baked plum cake with black currant and cherries marmalade, good round mid palate profile, very nice gentle (still mouth drying) tannnins, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: venison
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: 33 rands on sale in 2004
Stopper:single piece cork
Very nice quite fragile wine with peak or slightly going down bottle maturity. It is changing every 15 minutes after opening. It is the wine for lovers of Bordeaux style bottle matured blends where coffee, chocolate , toast takeover the notes from fruit. I quite like it, but I can imagine it would not be cup of tee for everyone.
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