A wine that can delight the wine lover, and also the wine snob and also friends who don't particularly geek out on wine
What to expect
Intense dark and brooding fruit, with a surprising freshness
More about
The freshness and complexity surprise me every time. Yes, this has spent 15 months in French oak, and yet, because it is a slow wine, unfined, unfiltered, unstabilised (or maybe because it ages under a mountain?), it keeps a freshness and intensity of fruit that is just delicious. A very accessible intense merlot, in a good way.
Even if you're rather oak sensitive, like me, and even if you are in general fed up with Merlot, this will delight.
Details
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Bottle Size
75cl
Vintage
2016
Alcohol
13.5
Last Tasted
5 Mar 2020
Variety
Merlot
Is Mature
No
Ripeness
Normal
Allergens
Contains Sulphites
Case Size
6
Closure
Natural Cork
sweetness
dry
Winemaking
Malolactic
Aged In
Barrel (new), Barrel (old)
Key Features
Oaked, Reserve, "Slow Wine", Old Vines, Vegetarian and Vegan
Arrival Date
1 Nov 2019
Bought In (year)
2019
Available from
Online Exclusive
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The wine is vinified following the traditional bordelaise method with a maceration period of 13 - 18 days at 28 – 32°C. Once the malolactic fermentation is complete, the wine is matured for over 15 months in barriques of French oak. Frequent racking from the lees allows the wine to be bottled without fining, filtration or other physical stabilization. This may result in slight sediment in the bottle.
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