Description
Region
New Zealand
Style
Dry. Perfect drinking, whatever the occasion.
Vineyard
Fruit was harvested from a number of specifically chosen, naturally low cropping vineyards from both Marlborough’s Wairau Plain and the Hawke’s Bay winegrowing district.
Winemaker
Chloe Gabrielsen
Vinification
At our winery, the harvested grapes were held cold for five days for optimum flavour extraction. During the height of primary fermentation, the juice is plunged by hand up to 8 times a day. The wine was kept in contact with skins and tasted daily until the right extraction and balance was achieved then gently pressed. Once settled it was then racked to seasoned French oak where it underwent secondary fermentation (malolactic fermentation). After ageing on light lees the wine was blended, fined, balanced and carefully prepared for bottling.
Appearance
Bright burgundy red
Bouquet
Floral and fruit driven, with ripe red plums and notes of Cassis
Palate
A fleshy fresh fruit driven palate of juicy plum with a fine powdered like structure
Cellaring
Enjoy now or cellar up to 3 years. But you really don’t have to wait to enjoy this Merlot. It’s okay, you can buy another one for the cellar.
Vegan
Suitable for vegetarians. Not suitable for vegans.
Packaging
6 x 750mL bottles, screw cap closure.
Info
- Serving Temp
- 14-18ºC
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Total Acidity
- 5.6g/L
- Residual Sugar
- 0.2g/L
- pH
- 3.69
