Thursday, July 01, 2021

Nuy Merlot


A delivery of two samples of Nuy Inspiration Merlot did take us a while to try, but we were very glad we did. It’s a new addition to the wines from the Nuy winery, in the valley between Worcester and Robertson, best known for many awards for their White and Red muscadels. We buy them and let them mature in our cellar; they really benefit from a few years maturation.

Merlot has traditionally not done well in the valley but, with careful vineyard management, it looks as though they are succeeding

We had this with a Father’s Day braai and later with a comforting lamb casserole. The second bottle was taken to a neighbour who’d invited us for Sunday lunch a week later, where we enjoyed it with her beef olives. Covid news and lockdown have rather interfered with our wine drinking and writing.

The wine has incense wood, black cherries, cassis, red plums and violets on the nose. Tight tannins on the palate do open up as the wine breathes. Juicy cherry berry, plum and some cranberry fruit with some minerality and licorice wood on the end. The wine is juicy, approachable and warm with 14.5% alcohol. And it is very good with meat dishes.

A good deal at R432 for 6 (R72 a bottle) from the farm, when we can buy again. http://www.nuywinery.co.za/

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