4 ½ Stars 2019 Platter's South African Wine Guide Both sombre & lively notes of spicy tobacco along with dark fruit on 16 (92 pts) – with dollops of cab franc & petit verdot adding as usual to…

Tasted late in 2018, the 2016 Meerlust Merlot was already showing great approachability and charm. The dark fruit and opulence of the wine is immediately apparent. We have been refining the…

Intense, vivid translucent youthful purple-ruby appearance. The wine shows pronounced lifted perfume on the nose with red berry fruit, musk, wild mushrooms and hints of savoury richness and spice and…

90 pts Wine Enthusiast

4 ½ Stars 2019 Platter's South African Wine Guide As usual, 17 (91 pts) stresses the savoury – forest floor, fungal – side of the variety, though there's depth of fruit yielding some fragrance. More…

4 ½ Stars 2021 Platter's South African Wine Guide 18 (91 pts) fresher-fruited aromas & lighter in feel & structure than usual, with more fruity charm, in what is more often one of the Cape's more…

4 ½ Stars 2019 Platter's South African Wine Guide Classic aromas of dark berry fruit & cigar box on 15 (90 pts), with an herbal element coming through more on the slightly severe, firmly structured…

The Meerlust Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 has an intense, vivid purple colour with slight gradation at the rim. On the nose the wine shows pronounced plum and classic cedar wood-cigar box notes with…

The Meerlust Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 has an intense, vivid purple colour with slight gradation at the rim. On the nose the wine shows pronounced plum and classic cedar wood-cigar box notes with…

4 ½ Stars 2021 Platter's South African Wine Guide Classic 17 (94 pts) already flaunting cab's sweet blackberry fruit, gentle opulence, also freshness; all safely secured by usual bracing structure,…

4 ½ Stars 2020 Platter's South African Wine Guide - Usual classic notes of dark berry fruit & cigarbox on 16 (91 ps), with plenty of fruit depth & a hint of herbal quality – perhaps a little more…

Stellenbosch, South Africa\r\nWinemaker Notes\r\n\r\n\r\nVery bright, polished platinum with green, vivacious hue. Complex, appealing nose with pear, citrus and floral notes developing into lemon…

Meerlust - Chardonnay Stellenbosch 2016 (750ml) available at Connecticut Avenue Wine & Liquor in Washington, DC