Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2018

Technical Analysis

Winemaker - Pieter-Niel Rossouw, Carel Hugo
Main Variety - Merlot
Alcohol - 13.51 %vol
pH - 3.52
RS - 2.40 g/l
Total Acid - 5.34 g/l
Appellation - Darling

Characteristics

Type - Red
Style - Dry
Body - Medium
Taste - Fruity


Tasting Notes

This complex but also elegant wine spoils you with flavours of raspberry, ripe red plum, vanilla, coffee, liquorice, chocolate and nuances of tobacco. This wine has an elegant structure with velvety tannins and a surprisingly lengthy aftertaste. The balance is simply near perfect!

Blend Information

100% Merlot

Food Suggestions

Enjoy this on its own or with roasted duck breast or roasted tomato and basil pasta.


In The Vineyard

Strategically selected sites which get the warm sunny days and cooling effect of the Atlantic Ocean. Deep soils from decomposed granite, clay rich, good drainage.
Vineyard type: Bush Vine, no irrigation


About The Harvest

Yield: 5.5 - 6.5 t/ha
Balling at Harvest: 24 - 25°B


In The Cellar

Vinification: Crush and destalk, 5 - 10 days fermentation at 22 - 30°C.
Maturation: 8 months aged on French and American oak staves.


Additional Information

The recent demarcation of the Darling district has led to a focus at Darling Cellars on wines which are terroir and varietal specific. The cool and temperate West Coast climate lends itself to a different micro- and mesoclimate which, along with the different types of soil, lead to unique grapes, which we guide into even more unique wines. Having 99% of all vineyards dry land and almost the same percentage as bush vine, this is as close to what nature intended for grapes to be as one can get.

Darling Cellars Reserve is a wine range of straight varietals where the focus is on fruit driven, varietal true, value for money wines.


Other Vintages

Wine Wine Maker Main Variety
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2021 Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Immelman Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2020 Pieter-Niel Rossouw, Maggie Immelman Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2019 Pieter-Niel Rossouw, Maggie Immelman Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2018 Pieter-Niel Rossouw, Carel Hugo Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2017 Carel Hugo + Pieter-Niel Rossouw Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2016 Carel Hugo + Pieter-Niel Rossouw Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2015 Carl Hugo and Abe Beukes Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2014 Carl Hugo and Abe Beukes Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2013 Carl Hugo, Abe Beukes Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2012 Carl Hugo, Abé Beukes Merlot
Darling Cellars Reserve Six Tonner Merlot 2010 Carl Hugo, Abé Beukes Merlot

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