The Coco Merlot Double Aged focusing on letting the grapes

focusing on letting the grapes express the true nature of the vineyards from which they come

Served at 12°C

Warm aromatic entry

18% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot

supple and long on the palate

The Coco Merlot Double Aged focusing on letting the grapesThe idea was to create a wine with dark fruit that is finely integrated with coffee mocha flavours. To achieve this, the wine was fermented and aged on well roasted French oak staves. The Coco has a good colour, nose shows cherry fruit with mocha dark chocolate flavours. A lot of tannins in the wine, but soft and very approachable, finely integrated. The palate is mouth filling, surprisingly complex for such a young wine. Mooiplaas, meaning beautiful