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Rustenberg John X Merriman 2022

R345.00

Region: Stellenbosch

Tasting note:

‘Sophisticated, sumptuous & beautifully balanced, this Cape Bordeaux, renowned for consistent style & quality, shows true distinction in 2021. Mostly cab, with merlot, malbec & petit verdot (20/11/6). Concentrated dark fruit, sleek but firm tannins & an oak polishing (20 months, 35% new) already tempt broaching but a decade in the cellar will be handsomely rewarded, as for 2020 (4.5 stars, 93 pts). WO Simonsberg-Stellenbosch.’ – Platter’s Guide, 5* (96/100)

‘The John X Merriman is a powerful wine that rewards aging. In its youth the wine is worth decanting and expresses cassis, black currant and dark fruits complemented with cigar tobacco and sour cherry notes. As the wine ages and its fine grained tannins soften a softer more savoury palate develops revealing wonderful drinkability and tertiary complexity’ – Winemaker

2 in stock.
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Rustenberg Wines, located in the Simonsberg Mountain valley, has a wine-growing history dating back to 1682, when Roelof Pasman from Meurs, near the Rhine, recognised its wine-growing potential. By 1781 some 3000 cases of wine were produced on the farm. Production doubled by the end of the century and a new cellar was built. Wine has been bottled at this cellar for an unbroken period since 1892.
In 1941 Peter and Pamela Barlow bought Rustenberg, later acquiring Schoongezicht, the adjacent farm and reuniting the properties. The Barlow family have been at Rustenberg for over eighty years: the longest period any one family has owned the farm. The vineyards climb the rich red slopes of the Simonsberg and the range of slopes and aspects allow site-specific plantings that enhance varietal characteristics.
This wine is named in honour of a former owner of Rustenberg, John Xavier Merriman, who bought the farm in 1892 in sympathy with farmers suffering from the phylloxera crisis. He played a great role in revitalizing Rustenberg and in promoting the tourism and agricultural value of Ida’s Valley, the area close to the town of Stellenbosch in which Rustenberg is situated.

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 63%, Merlot 20%, Malbec 11% and Petit Verdot 6%

Rustenberg John X Merriman 2022

2 in stock.
As our stock is sold through our two retail outlets and online, stock levels are provided as a guide only and are liable to change.