Picardy 'Merlimont' Cabernet Merlot Franc 2019

Picardy 'Merlimont' Cabernet Merlot Franc 2019
Pemberton, Western Australia.This wine is a salute to the classic Bordeaux blend of complementary percentages of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. However unlike some wines that hail from the renowned French wine region, the rich fruit characters in the Picardy..
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Pemberton, Western Australia. This wine is a salute to the classic Bordeaux blend of complementary percentages of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. However unlike some wines that hail from the renowned French wine region, the rich fruit characters in the Picardy are invariably more balanced while pronounced. Such is the primary difference in Australian and French styles. Here you will find wild berry, ripe cherry, chocolate, musk and even some violet on the nose, while the palate is heady with soft sweet blackberry, plum and cassis characters. The mouth-feel is opulent and unctuous, laced with gentle tannins, while the finish is long, heavy with lingering fruit and decidedly savoury. This delightful red blend is unmistakably the product of Pemberton and arguably the best defining example of the Bordeaux trio of grapes in the area.  Fabulous with lamb or venison!

 

CELLARING  With careful cellaring, this wine has the cellaring potential for 15 years.

The Picardy site was specially selected in Pemberton for its high altitude and well drained loam soils. This is cool climate viticulture at its best. The vines are planted on a northerly facing slope for maximum exposure to sunlight. Vine age at time of harvest is 10 years.

The vines are dry grown, cane pruned and handpicked, which in turn encourages low yields. In the winery the grapes are firstly destemmed, then transferred into small open fermenters to be hand plunged four times a day. This wine is then matured for 12 months in specially imported new to four year old small French oak barriques. Then a further 8 months in four year old oak to mature the wine even further.
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