Nose
It is a beautiful wine, offering oodles of lush mocha and chocolate notes, black cherry and berry fruit, full-bodied opulence, a voluptuous palate, and a fleshy, savery mouth feel.
Winemaking
The merlot was hand picked and delivered to the winery. The grapes were de-stemmed and sorted, then pumped into tanks for a five day cold soak at 50 degrees. When the fermentation began, we pumped the tank over twice per day. The native yeast fermentation lasted for approximately 14 days. The free run was trained from the tanks overnight.
Aging
The wine was barrelled down into 55% new French oak. The wine was aged for 24 months and bottled unfiltered.
