TASTING NOTES
The colour is bright, deep brick red.
On the nose displays powerful black fruits of blackberry and mulberry, backed up by Merlot’s complex notes, with lots of mushroom, tar and earth.
The palate has immediate impact with intense dark fruit notes of cherry and blackberry filling the front and mid palate. Underneath is a firm structure of acidity and tannin, but both are in good balance, such that the texture is smooth, with no drying or bitter astringency. The finish combines classic Merlot style of soft charry oak and bitumous notes.
PRODUCTION NOTES
The Merlot was on skins for 15 days and Cabernet Franc for 14 days. After fermentation the Merlot was racked to barrels on 13th April 2015 and Cabernet Franc on 31st March 2015. All the barrels were 228 litre French oak and the Merlot received 9% new.
In December 2016 all the batches were racked to stainless steel for blending. After the Merlot was blended with 9% Cabernet Franc. The finished wine was returned to barrel.
On 21st August 2017 the wine was racked to stainless steel in preparation for bottling. Fining trials were carried out but none improve the wine, so it was then sterile filtered and bottled on 28th August 2017.
CELLARING NOTES
The quality of the 2015 vintage has ensured generous youthful fruit flavours that can be enjoyed now but it is a keeper and needs a minimum of 10 years cellaring to begin to show its bottle bouquet. For those with patience, it will reach full maturity around 2035.
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