This vintage showcases notes of plum, dark berries and underlying cassis
Soft with finely balanced supple tannins and a rich lingering finish
Enjoy with barbequed red meats, hearty stews or dark chocolate
Clearwater Cove Hawkes Bay Merlot 2016
Clearwater Cove Hawkes Bay Merlot 2016
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The 2016 Clearwater Cove Merlot has notes of plum, dark berries and underlying cassis. The palate is soft with finely balanced supple tannins and a rich lingering finish. Enjoy with barbequed red meats, hearty stews or dark chocolate.
Along the length of our North and South Islands, the cool clear waters of the Pacific Ocean carve deep natural coves into the landscape, which is the ispriration for Clearwater Cove's name. Intriguing for its unrivalled tranquillity, this spectacular eastern coastline of New Zealand is also renowned for its exceptional wines.
The 2016 vintage was another great one for Hawke’s Bay. The temperate spring yielded a moderate crop which ripened beautifully over the warm dry summer. The vines are trained to VSP and underwent intensive canopy management and thinning to deliver beautifully ripe fruit.
The low yielding Merlot was picked and de-stemmed directly into a mixture of open and closed fermenters. A traditional warm fermentation followed with regular pump overs to help craft a wine with elegance and balance. The fruit remained on skins for two weeks after fermentation to build structure and mouthfeel. The fruit was gently pressed, settled then racked to stainless steel tanks to undergo malolactic fermentation. The wine spent the winter months aging with French oak before the blend was assembled, filtered and bottled.
Food Pairing: Enjoy with barbequed red meats, hearty stews or dark chocolate.
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A pleasant wine and good value
John - 19/11/2018
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