2018 Meerlust Rubicon

Meerlust

Rubicon

Red Blend from Stellenbosch, South Africa

P
4.5
TA
95
R548

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Very deep, youthful colour, and intense almost purple hue. Quintessential Rubicon nose with violets, ripe plum, cedar wood, fennel, and intense spiciness. A typical liquorice note also evident on the nose. Still young and intense, the palate is full bodied, structured but packed with fresh dark fruit and rounded tannins. This is a vintage that is more approachable in youth because of the ripeness and richness levels attained in 2018 but will provide great complexity with further maturation.
Ripe Plum
Cedar Wood
Fennel
Liquorice

Meerlust

Growing fine wines on the Meerlust Estate has been part of the Myburgh family tradition for eight generations beginning in 1756. Long recognized for producing world-class wines the Meerlust Estate is singularly rich in charm and history. A tour of the estate situated fifteen kilometers south of Stellenbosch reveals its graceful manor house classical wine cellar rose gardens family cemetery dovecote and bird sanctuary. The first owner of the property a German immigrant named Henning Huising recognized the beauty and potential of the farm and settled here in 1693. He named his new-found home Meerlust meaning pleasure of the sea as the manor house sits on a granite outcrop only 5 km from False Bay and in the warm summer months the vineyards are refreshed by ocean breezes and evening mists which roll in from the coast. Visitors to the Estate - a National Monument - have for centuries anticipated seeing the cool white façade of the Manor House as they passed through the gates and along the palm and oak tree-lined drive. Not much has changed. Today that sense of having arrived at a most treasured home and estate is enhanced by the knowledge - on seeing the sweep of vineyards that flank the drive - that here grow the grapes of the prized Meerlust wines. Contemporary Meerlust is an exciting fusion of the refreshingly modern and the tirelessly classical.

Description

Very deep, youthful colour, and intense almost purple hue. Quintessential Rubicon nose with violets, ripe plum, cedar wood, fennel, and intense spiciness. A typical liquorice note also evident on the nose. Still young and intense, the palate is full bodied, structured but packed with fresh dark fruit and rounded tannins. This is a vintage that is more approachable in youth because of the ripeness and richness levels attained in 2018 but will provide great complexity with further maturation.

Ripe Plum
Ripe Plum
Cedar Wood
Cedar Wood
Fennel
Fennel
Liquorice
Liquorice

Food Pairing

Serve with slow roasted lamb shank and oven roasted sweet potato.

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