Marianne Merlot Simonsberg-Paarl Marianne Wine Farm, 2015

A wine for those members wanting to enjoy already developed complex wines without having to wait! Intense in colour, the 2015 Merlot from Marianne has a tertiary bouquet with cedary aromas combined with dried leaves, tobacco, vanilla, black olive and savoury meaty notes. It is medium bodied with a supple mid palate and a fine powdery texture. The owner of Marianne Wine Estate, Christian Dauriac, also owns several right bank estates in Bordeaux. At Marianne he has created a luxury guesthouse and restaurant set amongst the vines between Stellenbosch and Paarl. Wines are made in the state-of-the-art boutique winery by Jos Van Wyk with minimal intervention winemaking, followed by barrel and bottle maturation prior to release. This is nicely developed and ready for immediate drinking, yet has the vibrancy and fruit to maintain it at its peak for several years to come.