Remhoogte Aspect Merlot 2020 2006 salted bananas

salted bananas

Bottled at 43

Palate: The palate is stunningly vivacious in its softness and elegance that is typical of the Banghoek Valley

Released in 2020 as part of the Milk & Honey Elements series

Remhoogte Aspect Merlot 2020 2006 salted bananasThe Aspect is from a vineyard at the top of the estate and the name refers to the direction the slope faces. Planted on a band of Malmesbury shale that runs through the farm's top 3 vineyards, this shale is the oldest soil type in South Africa and one of the oldest in the world. Due to leaching of the soils over millennia they are not very fertile and limit the vigour of the vines and increase resulting quality of the grapes. The vineyards yield