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Thelema Merlot 2004 - Stellenbosch, South Africa

Bin No. TMVMERLO04

Price: £15.50

The Thelema Estate Merlot is arguably one of finest expressions of this popular grape variety to be produced in South Africa. The grapes for this wine are sourced from established vines which were planted in 1988 in Hutton soils (decomposed granite) at a density of 3200 vines per hectare. The vineyard practices adopted by Gyles Webb and his team are at the forefront of worldwide viticulture and include vertical hedge trellising, spur pruning to 2 buds every 12cms and supplementary drip irrigation. Harvesting takes place by hand and at the winery, whole bunches are de-stalked, hand sorted and crushed into stainless steel tanks where fermentation takes place. The wine is pressed into 30% new French barriques where ageing takes place for 20 months before bottling.
The resulting wine is a deep, brooding purple in colour with some brick red highlights. The nose has pretty red-fruit characters with some hints of spices such as cinnamon and liquorice. On the palate the wine is juicy, broad and ripe, packed with red and black berry fruits, a firm, well integrated oaky structure and a bold, well defined finish which makes it a great food wine.

This wine is always favourably reviewed in John Platter’s Guide to South African Wine.

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