Winery Bay View - Merlot

Winery Bay ViewMerlot

3.0
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Merlot of Winery Bay View is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Merlot from the Winery Bay View

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Merlot of Winery Bay View in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Bay View's Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Merlot - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 2.911100
Merlot - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 2.911100
Merlot - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.211100

The best vintages of Merlot from Winery Bay View are 2011, 2013, 2012

Informations about the Winery Bay View

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Bay View is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 25000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 25000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 550000 of red wines
In the top 1500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Grafting

A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.

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