The Major's Hill Merlot was, the IWC judges said “Ripe black fruit and high tannins. This is a concentrated, rounded, jammy and oaky wine, with a long finish.” We’ve always said, “A refined and elegantly structured Merlot, with black berry and ripe plums with hints of smokiness completed by soft tannins.”

2009 - Robertson, Western Cape - 15% abv - 75 cl

Major’s Hill started in 1994 when the Louw family bought the famous Klipdrif farm, of Klipdrif Brandy fame in Robertson, South Africa. The new vineyard and cellar incorporate the old cellars architecturally. Major’s Hill takes it name from a previous owner “Major Jacobus Petrus Marais”.

Major's Hill winemaker and Partner Alkie van der Merwe spares no effort in producing some of the most exciting wines we’ve drunk in a long while. The stylistic aim is to produce wines that taste like the grapes they came from…something of a novelty with many of today’s wines! All grapes are harvested BY HAND and selected simultaneously.

SILVER MEDAL @ 2008 IWC