2019 Laundry Vineyard Merlot
Aromas of baking spice, star anise, black plums, tobacco, and dark chocolate. This brooding Merlot is dry and dark. More baker’s chocolate on the palate with coffee, and black raspberry flavours. All this mixed with a moderate amount of tannins makes this Merlot great for enjoying now or for laying down for a couple of years to see how it develops.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Merlot
Appellation
Lincoln Lakeshore
Acid
5.9 g/L
pH
3.6
Residual Sugar
1 g/L
Alcohol %
13.4
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Aromas of baking spice, star anise, black plums, tobacco, and dark chocolate. This brooding Merlot is dry and dark. More baker’s chocolate on the palate with coffee, and black raspberry flavours. All this mixed with a moderate amount of tannins makes this a Merlot great for enjoying now or for laying down for a couple years to see how it develops.
Winemaker Notes
Hand harvested from the Laundry vineyard located in the Lincoln Lakeshore sub-appellation. Grapes were destemmed and crushed before indigenous fermentation and malolactic conversion in oak vat. For structure and complexity, a small amount of Cab Franc was co-fermented with the Merlot. Following a total maceration time of one month, the grapes were gently pressed and the wine settled before
barrel aging for 13 months. The best eight barrels were then selected (two of which were new) and blended to create this wine.
