Zorgvliet Banhoek Stellenbosch Petit Verdot 2007 87+ Points

Zorgvliet Banhoek Stellenbosch Petit Verdot 2007 87+ Points


Ruby red with purple rim,with an opaque center core, impenetrable!


Clean, high intensity, very ripe plums, black currant, black berries, cassis, intense medley of very ripe red fruit, loamy, earthy almost wet earth note, generously oaked, perhaps a combination of American and splash of French oak, bold, smoky, spicy with complex layers.


Dry with some residual sugar, medium plus acidity, possibly acidified, very high alcohol (15% ABV), medium plus tannin, black currant, plums follows through, rich style well offset by savoury black olives note, sour cherries with a slight salty tang, medium plus complexity and medium plus concentration.

Not for the faint hearted, this is concentrated stuff! What to paired this with?? Phew perhaps a rich, well hung pheasants braised in red wines and roots vegetables!

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