Malbec
is apparently the fastest selling wine in Europe and, while much is made in
Argentina, Australia is busy planting quite a lot of it. We have some here in
South Africa, often used as a component of blends but it is only 0.5% of our
'national vineyard'. Darling has 9 hectares and is producing some very lush
wine. This wine comes from négociant Charles Withington who owns the Darling
Wine Shop. It is grown on Oranjefontein farm in Darling. Nguni are the
colourful indigenous African cattle. Charles sent us a bottle to try and we
liked it so much that it is our wine of the week
It
has that typical Malbec savoury herbal nose, with prunes and incense wood. On
the palate, it’s full of soft sweet berries, cherries and prunes, soft chalky
tannins, marmite salt and perfume
Who
could resist? R90 from Charles Withington, who delivers. http://darlingwine.co.za/shop/ Or, you
could do yourself a favour and go and visit Darling for their Spring flower
show next week and grab some then. Darling Wildflower Show www.darlingwildflowers.co.za/ We’ll be
there too, on Friday 15th
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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