Winery Durbanville Hills - Cool Climate Merlot

Winery Durbanville HillsCool Climate Merlot

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cool Climate 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.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Cool Climate Merlot from the Winery Durbanville Hills

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cool Climate Merlot of Winery Durbanville Hills in the region of Western Cape is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Cool Climate 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 Cool Climate Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.28°
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

Cool Climate Merlot - 2020
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Cool Climate Merlot - 2019
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Cool Climate Merlot - 2018
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 411110
Cool Climate Merlot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.311100

The best vintages of Cool Climate Merlot from Winery Durbanville Hills are 2018, 2019, 2020, 2017

Informations about the Winery Durbanville Hills

The winery offers 47 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the Distell.
It is in the top 35 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 great 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 7500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 150 of of Cape Town wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 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.

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The word of the wine: Friendly

Said of a wine whose aspects are pleasant and not too marked.

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