2009 Meerlust Rubicon
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Anything but Port, this includes all non-Port fortified wines even if they call themselves Port. There is a search facility for this part of the forum.
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- Alex Bridgeman
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2009 Meerlust Rubicon
Stellenbosch. Deep red and opaque. Modest nose showing typical Cab Sauv cedar - lovely and worth sniffing for some time before sipping the wine. Wonderful palate, balanced and refined yet intensely flavoursome. Delightful smokey fruit and goegeous cedar wood tannins lead to a very long finish. A great wine, good to see Rubicon back on form. 95/100. Drunk 25-Mar-2015.
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