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The Mackenzie Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
The Mackenzie Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2005 was one of only a handful of wines awarded 5 Stars in Platters SA Wine Guide, 2008
2006 - 90 Points - Wine Enthusiast - June 2011
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WHEN IT COMES TO BEING UNCOMPROMISING, EVEN THEN
IT SEEMS WE’RE RATHER UNCOMPROMISING.
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A History
1692: Cunraad Boin &
Christoffel Esterhuizzen
(first received permission to work land).
1704: Christoffel Esterhuizzen (first owner).
1721: Paulus Keiser (soldier and famous elephant hunter).
1725: Jacob van Bochen (accountant of the Dutch East India Company).
1730 – 1838: Various owners, incl. Arrie Lekkerwyn & Aaron van Ceylon (a freed slave).
1838: Jacobus and Johannes Bosman (brothers).
1928: Hampf family.
1948: Maurice and Eleanor Finlayson.
1977: Gilbeys.
1986: Our current owners.
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Fig. 12: OUR FAMILY VINE
Four hundred years of hunters, soldiers, slaves, and out-of-hand dinner parties.
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Name: |
The Mackenzie Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot |
Vintage: |
2006 |
Awards: |
5 Stars, Platter’s Wine Guide (2009), RSA
SAA Red Wine Trophy (2010)
Gold Medal - Best in Class - IWSC London (2009) |
Production: |
Limited to 21 barrels |
Barrel Ageing: |
21 months in 100% new French oak |
Maturation: |
8 to 12 years from vintage |
Alcohol: |
14.00% by volume |
Residual Sugar: |
1.9 g/l |
Total Acid: |
5.8 g/l |
PH: |
3.52 |
Food Matching
Red and game meats (especially quail) with a cherry or savoury chocolate sauce.
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Tasting Note
A voluptuous and multi-layered blend of 85% Cabernet, 10% Malbec and 5% Merlot, The Mackenzie 2004 promises hints of chocolates and spices, and a stylish silky finish.
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Independent Tasting Note
"Is restrained, savoury, with cab's firm tannins; dollops malbec, merlot add leafy/smokey notes to lavish but sweet fruit..." - Platter’s (2010)
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This limited volume wine represents a single vineyard block where Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes grow side by side in deep red Tukulu soils.
Grapes were picked purely on taste. Then, because nothing but the best will do for The Mackenzie, only 10% of the purest Cabernet juice and 20% Merlot juice was drawn after crushing.
Each cultivar underwent malo separately in 100% new French oak, before being finally and decadently blended in an 86% Cabernet 9% Merlot and 5% Malbec ratio.
The Mackenzie Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, our flagship red blend, recognizes the most recent family in a 400 year line of those who have sculpted Hartenberg into what has today become one of South Africa’s top ten wine estates.
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Roast Springbok with potato disks.
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