A soft and fruity wine that is easy drinking and filled with an abundance of fresh red fruit. It has a soft oaky finish and ripe tannins.
Stem code: 13BEC3B
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Fresh red berries, violets and fruitcake spiciness on the nose. Lots of berries, spice and cedar oak flavours on the palate and elegant ripe tannins on the finish.
Handpicked at optimum ripeness at 25 – 26 °B in mid to end February from our Franschhoek vineyards and the first week of March from out Stellenbosch vineyard.
Cold maceration prior to fermentation. Aerated pump overs with extended maceration after the alcoholic fermentation is completed. Malolactic fermentation finished in barrel and stainless steel tanks.
Barrel maturation for 12 months in 1st, 2nd and 3rd fill French Oak from selected coopers.
Graham Beck Murlow
The grape variety used to make this wine is Merlot. It makes wine which has rich, dark fruit flavours like plums and blackberries. This wine, in particular, is very fruity and is soft, smooth and easy-drinking.
Red berries, spice and cedar oak flavours on the palate and elegant ripe tannins on the finish.
Taste Test is our exclusive wine & customer profiling system. Wines are scored according to their power and intensity. The scale runs from 3 (luscious, sweet wines) up to 15 (full-bodied, intense dry reds).
Intense
For people who enjoy big, bold wines that really pack a punch. For many who enjoy similar wines it’s a case of the bigger the better!
Graham Beck is a giant of the South African wine scene and has led the country's thundering success since the end of Apartheid in 1994. Graham Beck is perhaps best known as a producer of some of the New World’s finest sparkling wines.
Fizz remains a key part of the Beck portfolio and the sparkling wines are rightly recognised as among the best in the New World. Based in Robertson, a second cellar in Franschhoek has been built to further extend the company's potential. The talented team of Pieter Ferreira and Erika Obermeyer control the winemaking at the Franschhoek and Robertson wineries.
Apart from the sparkling wines, Beck also produces a range of excellent reds and whites many with a string of awards to their name.
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Vivid is the brand we have created to encompass all our green initiatives. Vivid is led by an incredibly hard working committee which is responsible for introducing and implementing all our environmental policies.
This winery is certified with ISO14001. This may sound a little dull but this series of international standards helps to create an environmental management system to guide and audit work in the winery as well as the vineyard.
