This is a Great Pinot

English:

Merrlust is for me more of the other wines like the Rubicon and merlot, not the pinot until now J .
This wine is massive on the nose and expresses layers of fresh red fruit with a deep oaky character; I can just sit and smell this wine forever.

The taste is pure red berries and well structured tannins with minerality, muscular body and very nice acidity, great long aftertaste.
To all of you who can find this wine please do and enjoy or keep in the cellar for another 5-7 years, it will improve beautifully.
Thank you Miguel Chan for introducing this wine to me.

Svenska:



Meerlust historia började 1693 då huset uppfördes på egendomen. Den svala brisen från kalla False Bay som dagligen svalkar, har gett den dess namn. Meerlust betyder ”pleasure of the sea”.1756 kom det i familjen Myburghs ägor och är det än idag.

Få vingårdar kombinerar så storstilat fantastiska viner med ett tjusigt och gästfritt hem och naturligt sköna omgivningar. Atmosfären är avslappnad och nästan poetisk, den inbjuder till att sakta ner och njuta av livet.

Druvorna plockas tidigt på morgonen för att vara svala när de pressas. Vinet har jäst och lagrats på 300 liters franska fat från Bourgogne, (ek från Allier) i 11månader 70% nya och 30% använda för andra gången.

2009 var ännu en suverän årgång för Meerlust och man fick bl a utmärkelsen bästa Pinot Noir i Sydafrika på den tongivande Old Mutual Show.  Chris Williams är en brilliant vinmakare och har lyckats spegla årgången på ett fenomenalt sätt i vinet med en fyllig och komplex stil som vinner på att ligga i något år till.

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