Meerlust Chardonnay Stellenbosch (2023) grand cru polished Bolgheri - ripe blackberry

polished Bolgheri - ripe blackberry and dark cherry

as a record of the year

and its red Rubicon is one of the country's benchmark wines

Decades on

Like the rest of the range it's made in Jalisco from 100% Blue Weber agave at a family-owned distillery

Meerlust Chardonnay Stellenbosch (2023) grand cru polished Bolgheri - ripe blackberryMeerlust is one of the oldest and most respected estates in South Africa the same family has owned it near Stellenbosch since 1756, and its red Rubicon is one of the country's benchmark wines. The Chardonnay is its only white, and in recent years it's been made in a fresher, less heavy style. All the fruit is grown on the estate, just a few kilometres from the sea. The breeze off the bay doesn't make the farm cold, but it smooths out the temperature,