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2006 De Toren Fusion V
Vineyard: de Toren
Price: $41.99- $45.00
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Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, & Petit Verdot
Style: Red
Region: Africa > South Africa
Other Vintages: 2007 2002 2000
Drink By 2008
WINEMAKER'S NOTE
Intensive purple/black in color with satin rim. sweet ripe fruits with the freshness of rose petals that open up to an earthiness, sweet sugars, cinnamon and liquorish that talks to different parts of the palate at the same time. Mineral tones greet you at first, followed by sweet ripe blackcurrant, cinnamon, caramel and liquorish. The flavours that remain on the palate after it is swallowed are long lasting. The fusion of acidity, ripe tannin structure and complexity derived from the five variet...
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  • picaso
    Dark berries, graphite, fresh herbs, and tobacco leaf.
  • Fellow Drync'r
    Second night in capetown in Baia at the waterfront