Hermanuspietersfontein Posmeester Merlot, 2022 Bugey The Ruet Family Estate Winery

The Ruet Family Estate Winery has sat on the remarkable terrain of Voujon in Cercié-en-Beaujolais at the foot of Mont Brouilly since 1926

It requires a special pruning method which is quite labor intensive

The Stoller vineyards in Dundee Hills are planted in Jory soil - the red

it is marked by notes of lime and jasmine in the bouquet and hints of pear in its flavor

Hermanuspietersfontein Posmeester Merlot, 2022 Bugey The Ruet Family Estate WineryRustic violets, lavender, cocoa, plump plums, black pepper, blackberry, boysenberry, vanilla cream, rosebush. Palate is fresh and minerally with a smoky flair, barrel toast, pine. 100% Merlot. Hermanuspietersfontein references the Dutchman Hermanus Pieters who arrived in the 1800s to the Cape Town area to teach Dutch. He vacationed at the springs "fontein" of present day Hermanus, which came to be known as Hermanus Pieters se Fonteyn, eventually named