PRODUCTION
- Barrel Ageing: 18 months in French oak, 45% new, 40% 2nd fill, the balance in older French oak barrels
- Maturation: 10 - 15 years from vintage
- Alcohol: 14.6% by volume
- Residual Sugar: 2.8 g/l
- Total Acid: 5.6 g/l
FOOD PAIRING
Merlot pairs well with a range of foods. Panko crumbed pork with mustard cream sauce, roasted tomato pasta or a juicy hamburger with cheddar cheese topping.
TASTING NOTE
Red fruit, dried plum and cranberries on the nose with hints of mint and dried herbs. Elegant palate with silky tannins and an elegant long finish.
Hartenberg Estate Merlot 2015
How has our Merlot managed to pick up so many awards recently? Try it and you'll understand.
Each vineyard was specially selected, and each bunch of grapes was hand-picked early in the morning. The grapes were cold soaked for two days, then the juice inoculated with a French-sourced yeast. The must was fermented and pumped over four times daily, followed by an extended maceration for fourteen days, and a fractional pressing.
After settling, the wine was moved to French oak for malolactic fermentation.
If you’re a little confused about what all this means, it means the guys who make this are all a little bit cuckoo for making wine, and they won’t let anyone or anything get in the way of making the best one they can. In the world. In fact, the universe.
And that's all you need to know. Except where to find the corkscrew.