Description

Fruit for this delightful Merlot was harvested from the Margaret River wine region. This is a Merlot for the serious wine enthusiast. It is coloured a deep ruby red, highlighted with purple hues. The nose shows fruity and mellow aromas of cranberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries, coupled with chocolate characters. The palate refreshingly opens with sumptuous plum flavours as well as a lovely red berry fruit burst dominated by cranberries. A long length of flavour follows through to a soft, creamy and off-dry finish. Best when served just below room temperature, this Merlot is a wine of prominent delicacy with light acidity. This exquisite red wine tastes great with foods such as roast chicken with thyme and onions, slow-cooked beef stew, veal chops with mushrooms, and roasted pork loins.

CULTIVATED.
As with all good Merlots of the world, this is elegant, sophisticated and refined. This style of wine is a result of the climate and conditions (terrior) of the region that the wines are grown in. Margaret River has a temperate maritime climate with warm days and cool nights. The fruit is grown using strict organic principles, meaning we don’t use any toxic chemicals in our vineyard; we believe our wines taste better this way. The Merlot is machine harvest in the cool of the night using the selective harvester.

CRAFTED.
The fruit is crushed and the resulting must is pumped into a tank, the juice is left in contact with the skins for 7-days, allowing colour, tannin and flavour extraction. During this period a cultured yeast has been added to the must and fermentation will occur. The wine is racked off and then matured in older American and French oak barrels with a portion of the wine remaining fresh in the tank. This is all assembled together after the maturation ready for bottling. We only filter our red wines, no fining agents are used and onlyu small levels of sulphur are added prior to bottling.

COLOUR
A vibrant, deep ruby.

AROMA
The wine jumps out of the glass with seductive and prominent aromatics. Red fruits lead the way: red currants, mulberries, bay leaf, earthy spice and mocha.

FLAVOUR
The wine is soft, juicy and medium bodied. Its richness is immediately apparent with the red fruits tantalising your taste buds. This is complemented with subtle exotic spice and well-integrated oak offering sweet vanilla. This is sure to impress any wine lover, particularly considering its price point.

ANALYSIS | Alc 14.3% | pH 3.48 | TA 5.93 | RS 1.44g/l

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