Merlot 'THE PARSENGER' - Sir Ernest Shackleton
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‘Round, fruity and well balanced with plum and berry flavours and a smooth finish, all supported with ripe tannins’
The label on this unique wine features a sketch of Ernest Shackleton, Third Lieutenant on board the Discovery and features a nickname of "The Parsenger". This caricature first appeared in the May 1902 edition of the on board magazine "South Polar Times" which was initially edited by Shackleton himself.