Winery Hartenberg - Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec

Winery HartenbergDoorkeeper Merlot - Malbec

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 Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec of Winery Hartenberg is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Malbec and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec from the Winery Hartenberg

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec of Winery Hartenberg in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec of Winery Hartenberg in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Hartenberg's Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec.

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

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Doorkeeper Merlot - Malbec from Winery Hartenberg are 2018

Informations about the Winery Hartenberg

The winery offers 47 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 35 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Hartenberg is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 48 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 9000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 2500 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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: Destemming

Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.

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