Weltevrede6x Cherrychoc Merlot 2023

About

The Jonker family has lived on Weltevrede since 1912. The estate was founded by Klaas Jonker, whose pioneering soul led him to plant the first vines in the area. In the 1930s Weltevrede was inherited by his son, Japie Jonker, who started to farm wine grapes in 1933. Japie expanded the winery to accommodate the growing production of grapes. The third generation, Lourens Jonker, completed his degree in viniculture and undertook extensive study tours of the winelands of Europe and California in 1962 before settling down to farm on Weltevrede. After the death of his father in 1969, Lourens took over the 65ha farm. He subsequently purchased neighbouring farms Muscadel (1969), River’s Edge (1981) and Sonop (1999). Today all the farms are consolidated as a 160 hectare estate.

Product Features

• Instead of providing lengthy descriptions about a multifaceted wine, we decided to simply capture its essence and highlight a prominent characteristic in the name, Cherrychoc - so we created this bold Merlot with a smooth finish with a clear-cut, simple and identifiable label.
• The colour is deep red. 
• On the nose you get prominent notes of ripe cherries and chocolate. 
• The mid-palate is chunky with intense flavours of cherries, plums, bitter espresso and a pleasant, dry finish of black pepper and dark chocolate.
• This Merlot goes well with braai meats, steak, meaty pasta dishes, smoked chicken, and pork.

Product Specifications

• Alcohol by Volume: 13.5%
• Region: Stellenbosch

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