Stellar Organics Merlot (2004): Wine Review

2004 Stellar Organics Merlot
Where found? At a Fair Trade show!

How much? around R60
Drunk with? Dinner; Hot vegetable curry
Did it suit? Quite well
Value for money? Yes
SA Blog recommends? For a romantic table for two

What is Fair Trade?

Tasting notes
Your palate can’t normally tell the difference between organic and non-organic, but your gout-prone joints certainly can! So we’ll let the latter have the first words on this wine:

Ankle joint: Nary a twinge after several glasses!
Wrists: Went through like water!

As for the tongue, it can happily report that this merlot makes a very competitive showing among others in the SA mid- to high-priced wine market. It’s perhaps a touch too light for a merlot - auguring poor long-term storage prospects - but it has enough “grapeyness” to douse hot chillies, as any decent merlot should.

Get Stellar Organic wines at Woolworths, among other shops.

Estate notes
Stellar Organics
www.stellarorganics.com
info@stellarorganics.com
Tel: +27 (0) 27 216 1310, Fax: +27 (0) 27 216 1537

The Stellar Organics winery is some 300 kms north of Cape Town, in the spare but beautiful Namaqualand region. The farm not only produces a variety of organic and sulfite-free wines, but also attracts accolades from a Fair Trade perspective, because of its ownership structure (workers have a share in the farm’s profits).