Waterkloof Circumstance Merlot 2016
- Waterkloof
- Red wine - dry
- South Africa - Stellenbosch
- Merlot
- John Platter: 4 stars / 88 points
€21.95*
No longer available
Product information "Waterkloof Circumstance Merlot 2016"
The Waterkloof Circumstance Merlot smells invitingly of red berries, sour plums and fragrant earthy aromas. Elegant and with a pleasant acid structure, it caresses the palate with juicy fruit aromas. Great length with fine tannins in the finish.
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On arrival in the winery, the hand-picked grapes were completely destemmed, sorted by hand and filled into open wooden fermenters, where they fermented spontaneously using wild yeast. The wine spent 30 days on the skins, after which malolactic fermentation took place in the barrel. The wine then matured for 18 months in 15% new barriques and 85% second and third French barriques. The wine was neither refined nor filtered before bottling.
| Alcohol % Vol: | 13.4 |
|---|---|
| acidity [g/l]: | 5.1 |
| acidity level: | low |
| age restriction: | from 16 years |
| bottle closure: | cork |
| bottle size [liter]: | 0,75 |
| country of origin: | South Africa |
| distributor: | Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf |
| grape varietals: | Merlot |
| main grape varietal: | Merlot |
| optimal drinking window (under ideal storage conditions): | 2026 |
| pH value: | 3.54 |
| ratings: | John Platter 4 Sterne, Robert Parker 86 Punkte, Tim Atkin 89/100 |
| residual sugar: | 1.4 |
| single varietal / blend: | mono varietal |
| type of bottling: | Bottle |
| vinification and maturation: | Barrique |
| vintage: | 2016 |
| wine colour: | red |
| winemaker: | Nadia Barnard, Nadia Langenegger |
| wine region: | Stellenbosch |
| wine style: | dry |
| wine type: | Red wine |
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