For all lovers of South African wines Meerlust is known far and wide for its flagship Rubicon. In 2019 Meerlust decided that they would not produce any Rubicon. They felt that the quality of the fruit and the ensuing wine would not meet the standards that were necessary to become Rubicon. We applaud Meerlust for this act knowing that the economic repercussions would be measurable for them. We are fairly certain that this move was well thought out and was done to ensure that the reputation of Rubicon would not be sullied with a less than acceptable product after years of hard work in making Rubicon the icon wine that it has become.

There are two sides to the coin, for every negative there is a countering positive, and although there was no 2019 Rubicon produced the juice that was meant to go into Rubicon that year was now funneled into the 2019 Estate Red blend. So the positive is that in reality the Estate Red in 2019 is basically a mini, declassified version of the Rubicon. So what you get is a high quality Bordeaux red blend that is a Rubicon knockoff from a lesser vintage for a fraction of what you would normally pay for the icon bottling. Word out on the street is that the 2019 Estate Red is very good so if you want a good bottle of wine that over delivers on the cheap, it will be pretty hard to go wrong on this one.