Klawer Cellars Olifants River Merlot 2012 85 Points

Klawer Cellars Olifants River Merlot 2012 85 Points

Ruby red with slight purple rim.

Clean, delicately ripe plums, blueberries, mulberries, sandy, good purity of fruit, recognizable as a Merlot, no greenness, brush of neutral oak.

Dry with dash residual sugar, fresh with moderate acidity, salty tang, delicate extract, juicy, savory, uncomplicated good honest offerings, yet have character, perfect now until 2015+
Far better than many Merlot costing twice or three times more!