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Shannon Mount Bullet Merlot 2019

R730.00

Region: Elgin

Tasting note:

The wine has a fragrance of ripe red fruits such as plums and dark cherries, with earthy complexity and yet still expressing minerality. Maintaining a good acidity lends to outstanding freshness with a well integrated ripe and seductive tannin structure.

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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.

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Shannon Vineyards is situated in the Elgin Valley within the Kogelberg Biosphere with mountains on its western boundary and the Peninsula dam forming the eastern boundary. The Elgin Valley has long been regarded as the apple and pear centre of South Africa but is now home to some of the country’s most highly regarded winemakers and their vineyards.

Owners and brothers James and Stuart Downes focus on nurturing the vines and do not make wine on the property. The name Shannon pays homage to their Irish ancestry. Their Shannon and Downes forefathers were from County Cork. On the other side, the James family were wine merchants and former owners of the White Horse Pub in Parsons Green, London. James is responsible for the vineyard management, and Stuart focuses on the marketing.

They strive to safeguard the species found on and around their farm and to ensure their long-term survival by preserving optimal habitat. The presence of what they call their ‘Big 5’ the Chacma Baboon, Cape Fox, Cape Clawless Otter, Porcupine and Black Sparrow Hawk is encouraged by their care for their ‘Little 5’, the Grysbok, Field Mouse, Swee Waxbill, Raucous Toad and Guinea Fowl.