HermanuspietersfonteinPosmeesterMerlot2023

A delicious, super easy drinking red which is full of ripe red and black fruit aromas and characters.

Country: South Africa

Region: Sondagskloof, Hemel en Aarde

Grapes: Merlot

ABV: 13%

You might have heard of the quaint beach town of Hermanus, situated on South Africa’sfamous Whale Coast. Between 1855 and 1902, it was called Hermanuspietersfontein. In1902, the local postmaster decided to shorten the name of the town to make addressingletters to the locals easier.

150 years later, the wine farm Hermanuspietersfontein, or HPF for short, craft outstanding wines with a serious sense of place. Their grapes come from Sondagskloof (they produce 90% of WO Sondagskloof wine), which competes with Elgin and the Ceres Plateau for South Africa’s coolest wine growing region. This area is perfectly suited to Bordeaux varietals and, with the exception of Shiraz, is exclusively planted with them. The Afrikaans wine names might look like a bit of a mouthful, but they are good fun; Bloos (‘blushâ€?, Kaalvoet Meisie (‘barefoot girlâ€?, Kat Met Die Houtbeen (‘cat with the wooden legâ€?, Posmeester (‘postmasterâ€?, Kleinboet (‘little brotherâ€? and Swartskaap (‘black sheepâ€?.