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Rust en Vrede Estate 2002 receives 4 Star rating from SA's Wine Magazine – December 2005
South African WINE magazine awarded the 2002 Rust en Vrede Estate 4 stars in its December 2005 edition.” One of
South Africa
’s “staatmaker” (stalwart) wines. You can always depend on this Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot blend and I’m a huge fan because it just gets better and better; drinking beautiful after 5 or 10 years. This has a lot of fruit – quite plummy and spicy now – but it develops tertiary flavours and wonderful elegance and finesse over time. Pure class.” WINE magazine’s editor Fiona McDonald.
“The annual tasting of wines in the non – Bordeaux category resulted in five 4 star wines and one 4 ½ star out of 121 wines tasted (4,9% of all wines) – and these displayed a definite
Shiraz
bias, with just one containing any Pinotage.”
ESTATE 2002
Vinification/Maturing
Following berry-selection, the Cabernet Sauvignon (6 clones), Shiraz (6 clones) and Merlot (2 clones) clones are separately (micro-) vinified. Left to mature in 300 L French and American oak barrels for 18 months, the wines are blended and bottled. After a further 18 months of bottle-maturation the Rust en Vrede wines are released.
Tasting notes
Colour – Inky black. Bouquet – Floral (rose petals), cassis, plums, prunes and black berries. Chocolate & mocha flavour undertone. Palate – Huge structure. Ripe fruit flavours. Good acidity / fruit / wood balance. Rose petals, mocha and cloves. Mouth coating, silky tannins. Long lingering aftertaste.
Analysis
Alcohol – 14 vol%
pH – 3,7
Acidity – 6,7 g/l
Res. sugar – 2,5 g/l
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