Gift Set DT: DE TOREN “Z” & DE TOREN Fusion V

A gift set featuring 2 South African wines:

-> DE TOREN “Z”’15, De Toren, (South Africa, Stellenbosch, Red )
-> DE TOREN Fusion V ’16, De Toren, (South Africa, Stellenbosch, Red )

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SOUTH AFRICA, Red
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-> DE TOREN ‘Z”15 De Toren, 750 ml
Stephen Tanzer’s comment:
Good deep red. Crushed blackberry, plum and spicecake on the nose. Rich, dense and chewy, with good cedary lift to the dark chocolate and graphite flavours. An accessible merlot-driven blend in a New Wave style but with solid structure and a nicely restrained sweetness. Finishes firm and long.

The planning for this wine centred around producing another top quality red blend from De Toren, yet different in style to Fusion V. Clever planting of block “Z” allows cooling summer breezes passing up the vineyard rows and giving a new meaning to air-conditioning the vines.

This cooling effect results in a longer ripening period and together with the higher clay content in the soil has created a unique site specific wine.

Attesting to the quality of their wines, De Toren has been chosen to supply the proprietary wine for the world’s greatest hotel: The Burj Al Arab Jumeira in Dubai!
Produced by: De Toren
Origin: Stellenbosch, South Africa

-> DE TOREN Fusion V ’16 De Toren, 750 ml
Fusion V is the crown of the De Toren Cellar’s labour – a tasting sensation and ageing jewel!

The Fusion is a beautiful blend of black currant, mocha and anise on the nose and palate, unfolding in rich, ripe layers. Integrated but still ageable, it’s an elegant Bordeaux-style blend that marries the excitement of South African spice with the sophistication of a French red blend. Give this wine a lot of air. (Wine Enthusiast)

Fusion V is named such because it is a blend of the only the best of the five red Bordeaux variatals that the farm produces: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

Influential wine writer Cees van Casteren observed that De Toren and Latour are perhaps suggestively close, but that the wines of De Toren stand proud in their own right.
Attesting to the quality of their wines, De Toren has been chosen to supply the proprietary wine for the world’s greatest hotel: The Burj Al Arab Jumeira in Dubai!
Produced by: De Toren
Origin: Stellenbosch, South Africa