Ratings:

An elegant Merlot with ripe fruit complexity.

Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot 2021

Shannon Vineyards

red wine - dry

South Africa - Elgin

Merlot

Wine Awards:

John Platter: 4.5 stars / 91 points
Tim Atkin 2024: 91 points
Winemagazine South Africa 2025: 95 points

Awards of previous vintages

Experience the Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot 2021, offering lush berry flavors, velvety tannins, and a refined structure that's a true expression of its terroir.

€33.00*

% €45.00* (26.67% saved)

Content: 0.75 Litre (€44.00* / 1 Litre)

Only 16 available

Available, delivery time: 1-3 days

vintage

Product number: 401084-21

You get 33 bonus points for this order

EAN: 6009800875058

Information about "Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot 2021"

The Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot enchants with a multi-layered aroma of ripe red fruits, dark plums, and black cherries, wonderfully complemented by fine earthy and mineral notes. Its balanced acidity provides remarkable freshness, while the silky integrated tannin structure refines the wine. Minimal intervention during the natural vinification process and spontaneous fermentation result in a wine of impressive elegance and finesse.

Treatment in the cellar The bunches are chilled to 3°C before being sorted on a conveyor and destemmed. Berries are then hand sorted, before cold maceration ensues for three to six days at 8°C. We try to naturally ferment 100% of the different parcels of grapes making up the Mount Bullet. Fermentation temperatures vary between 26 - 30°C. After pressing, the wine is racked and left to complete its malolactic fermentation and maturation in oak barriques. 100% matured in barriques (225L) for approximately 20 months using a blend of three Bordeaux cooperages. The oak used is of a tighter grain and medium toasted. New oak - 25%, 2nd fill - 50% and 3rd fill - 25%

Properties "Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot 2021"

Main grape varietal:	Merlot
Taste:	dry
Wine region:	Elgin
bottle closure:	cork
bottle size [liter]:	0,75
country of origin:	South Africa
ratings:	John Platter 4.5 Sterne, Tim Atkin 91/100, Winemag 95/100
single varietal / blend:	mono varietal
vinification and maturation:	Barrique
vintage:	2021
wine style:	Red wine: plush, smooth
wine type:	red wine

Analyse values

Alcohol concentration [Vol%]:	14
Residual sugar [g/l]	2.7
pH-value	3.29
Acid content [g/l]	5

Allergens

Ingredients	Trauben, Konservierungsstoff (Sulfite)
Calories	85 kcal / 353 kj
Carbs	1.4
Sugar	< 0.5
Fat	< 0.5
saturated Fat	< 0.1
Salt	< 0.01
Nutrition allergens	Enthält Sulfite

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Information

Legal drinking age	16
Distributor	Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf
Grape varietals	Merlot
Serving temperature [°C]	16-18 °C
Storable up to (at perfect conditions)	2027
Winemaker	James Downes, Stuart Downes

Address: Shannon Vineyards and Wines CC Rockview Dam Road, Middleton, Genadendal, South Africa

Phone number: +27 (0)21 859 2491

Mail:

Wine Awards:

John Platter: 4.5 stars / 91 points
Tim Atkin 2024: 91 points
Winemagazine South Africa 2025: 95 points

Awards of previous vintages:

2020 vintage – John Platter: 4.5 stars
2020 vintage – Tim Atkin 2023: 94 points
2020 vintage – Robert Parker: 94+ points

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