Winery Durbanville Hills - Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot

Winery Durbanville HillsCollector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot of Winery Durbanville Hills is a red wine from the region of Cape Town 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.
The Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot of the Winery Durbanville Hills is in the top 20 of wines of Cape Town.

Taste structure of the Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot from the Winery Durbanville Hills

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot of Winery Durbanville Hills in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot of Winery Durbanville Hills in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Durbanville Hills's Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
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

Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot - 2017
In the top 20 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot - 2016
In the top 20 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot - 0
In the top 20 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Collector's Reserve The Lighthouse Merlot from Winery Durbanville Hills are 2016, 2017, 0

Informations about the Winery Durbanville Hills

The winery offers 45 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the Distell.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Cape Town in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Durbanville Hills is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in the of Cape Town to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 1500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 30 of of Cape Town wines
In the top 40000 of red wines
In the top 60000 wines of the world

The wine region of Cape Town

The wine region of Cape Town is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Grendel or the Domaine Durbanville Hills produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cape Town are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cape Town often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit.


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.

The word of the wine: Legs

Synonymous with tears.

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