Tasting Notes

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. 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.

Awards

Platter Wine Guide 2021, 5 Stars
Tim Atkin Report 2022, 93 Points 2020 vintage
James Suckling 2021, 92 Points – 2019 Vintage

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