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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations Crane Red, Merlot, Robertson, 2022
From a vineyard with a high clay content which suits Merlot. It’s always made in a slightly old-fashioned style, gutsy and lightly smokey. Hearty; generous plum fruit with hints of coffee and spice. Now-2025 Goedverwacht translates... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionRobertson
GrowerGoedverwacht
Grape VarietyMerlot
Vintage2022
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
CodeGDV422
Goedverwacht
Robertson, South Africa
Goedverwacht translates from Afrikaans as good hope – or great expectations, hence the labelling.
The du Toit family farm no less than 172 hectares of vines along the bends of the Breede river near Bonnievale.
The wines are made by father Jan in collaboration with son Gawie. Jan once firmly told me his place in the world of wine in...
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Merlot
Origins
- Bordeaux region. Known by 18thC
- Now much more widely planted in Bordeaux than Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristics
- Productive - high yielding …but early budding, so vulnerable to frost (e.g. 1956)
- In comparison to Cabernet Sauvignon: higher sugars and appealing...
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Goedverwacht, Great Expectations Crane Red, Merlot, Robertson, 2022
From a vineyard with a high clay content which suits Merlot. It’s always made in a slightly old-fashioned style, gutsy and lightly smokey. Hearty; generous plum fruit with hints of coffee and spice. Now-2025
Goedverwacht translates from Afrikaans as good hope – or great expectations, hence the labelling. The du Toit family farm no less than 172 hectares of vines along the bends of the Breede river near Bonnievale. The wines are made by father Jan in collaboration with son Gawie. Jan once firmly told me his place in the world of wine in South Africa - "I farm for money, not with money" – distinguishing himself from all the supermarket owners, luxury goods merchants, bankers, jewellers or golfers who have bought wine estates in the Cape. Here there are indisputable economies of scale and modern practice, for example careful matching of variety to soil type and harvesting in the cool of the night and early morning. All three wines below benefit from a little oak influence.
The birds on the labels are blue cranes. Antropoides Paradisea is the national bird of South Africa, once commonly sighted in the Breede River Valley but now an endangered species.
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