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Vilafonté Series M Vertical Trio Case
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Vilafonté Series M, Paarl 2017
Deliciously approachable but clearly with an exciting future, this merlot/malbec blend (hence the ‘M`!) is a sleek and fragrant beauty, with silky tannins coating its plump, ripe but beautifully fresh blue-toned fruit.
Vilafonté Series M, Paarl 2018
Series M now has roughly equal measures of merlot and malbec, with cabernet sauvignon for structure, and just a splash of cabernet franc in 2018 (early releases were merlot-dominant and more overtly ‘new world` in expression). Significantly smaller berries in 2018 brought concentration with freshness in the best wines of the vintage, showing the remarkable finesse that comes from healthy old vines. Fine oak integration and refined tannins make this wine approachable now, in its early youth; its enticing, fleshy sweetness, and expressive plummy black fruits belie the structure to equip it for long cellaring. Drink from 2021 to 2034. 14%
Vilafonté Series M, Paarl 2019
Always a malbec and/or merlot dominated blend, 2019 is only the fourth vintage to be malbec-led (48%). The wine is pure and expressive, succulent and intense, with beautiful colour, velvety texture, lithe tannin structure and fine, long finish. The 2019 blend is 48% malbec, 34% merlot, 15% cabernet sauvignon, 3% cabernet franc. Just 51 barrels were produced (vs 60-70 in a more generous vintage), following 22 months in French oak barrels, twenty two percent new.