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Van Loggerenberg Break a Leg Merlot, Stellenbosch 2023
Red Wine from South Africa - Coastal Region
This Stellenbosch merlot from South African star Lukas van Loggerenberg is an elegant, perfumed take on the grape, that bears Lukas' hallmark gentleness in the cellar. It is worth decanting to get the full spectrum of the fragrance here, with its red and black plum character, subtle tobacco leaf and cedar notes. Medium-bodied, this has a silky mouthfeel, thanks to gentle extraction and ageing in third fill French oak barriques, and a refreshing finish. Lukas had not one but two major knee surgeries during the first harvest of Van Loggerenberg Wines – illustrated by the leg in a brace on the label. Somehow it all came together in the end, against the odds, with the help of dear friends and family, and the Break a Leg range is a celebration of overcoming hard times and not giving up.
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Code: SA24671
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Medium-bodied
- Merlot
- 75cl
- Now to 2027
- 13.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Screwcap
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Van Loggerenberg Wines
Lukas van Loggerenberg is one of the latest generation of high flying young winemakers in The Cape. Encouraged by friend and mentor Chris Alheit amongst others, he took the plunge to go it alone, with the support of his wife Roxanne, releasing his first wines in the 2016 vintage. These tiny first releases met with immediate critical acclaim and both his reach and reputation have grown further since.
An extraordinarily modest and determined man - his Break a Leg cinsaut was named after just one of the harvest challenges he has faced in his short independent career - he makes his wines in an unglamorous farm shed on a Devon Valley hilltop. Grapes are sourced widely and nurtured, alongside the relationship with the growers on which so many independent winemakers depend, only to be left to express themselves fully by low intervention in the cellar. Each wine and label has its own back story.
We have been lucky enough to taste Lukas' wines from the start, initially in barrel, then bottles that were already gold dust, despite the fact that there simply wasn't enough for us to buy. A broader range and a little more volume in some cases meant we were able to buy in 2018 for the first time: 2017 Geronimo old vine cinsaut and the maiden 2017 Trust your Gut chenin blanc.