A fresh blackberry and currant fruit fragrance. Its color is ripe and dark with lots of sweet toast and spice notes with a full-bodied and fleshy finish that has a nice cocoa powder edge to it. This is a powerful and impressive blend of 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, 58%, Merlot, 25% Pinotage aged 16 months in 225 litre French Oak barrels. (60% new wood)
Gold Medal Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2004 John Platter 2005 - 4 Stars 89 Points Wine Spectator 90 points Robert Parker 17/20 David Brice, The Wine Cellar **** Grape Magazine Fairbairn Capital Trophy Wine Show 2005 - Bronze Michelangelo Awards 2005 - Silver Medal
A deep intense color and complex and elegant aromas of black currants with hints of cedar and cigar box. This is a very rounded full-bodied wine in the Bordeaux style. It is layered with flavors of black currant and chocolate mocha with vanilla tones and spice. This wine is finely textured with velvet tannins and a long finish. This wine goes well with red meat dishes such as beef, lamb, saucy chicken, pasta or pizza. 59% Merlot 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Pinotage.
92 points Robert Parker 2006 92 points Wine Enthusiasts Magazine 2006 59% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Pinotage Fairbairn, Capital Wine Trophy – Silver Neil Pendock Top 10 – Wine Magazine Dec 2005 Silver Medal (88 Points) in the Fairbairn Capital Trophy Show 2005 Veritas 2005 - Bronze
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$25.33 / Bottle
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