Medium bodied with supple tannins & moreish acidity
Perfumed with aromas of dark plum, violets & dried herbs, with complexing oak spice
Perfect with venison sausage, wood-fired pizza & cheeses
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawkes Bay Merlot 2018
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawkes Bay Merlot 2018
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
New Zealand International Wine Show 2019
Awarded Gold Medal
Hawke's Bay Wine Awards 2019
Awarded Gold Medal
New Zealand Wine of the Year Awards 2019
Description
- Oak spice
- Dark plum
- Sweet fruit
- Supple tannins
This deeply coloured Merlot displays perfumed aromas of dark plum, violets and dried herbs, with complexing oak spice characters. A medium-bodied, smooth and approachable palate follows with sweet fruit, supple tannins and moreish acidity.
The 2018 Hawkes Bay vintage followed on from officially one of the warmest Summers on record, which gave red varietals in particular superb conditions for ripening. The white harvest commenced early in March with pressure from rain, however, the majority of the later ripening reds were harvested in excellent condition under welcome blue skies. Once destemmed and crushed to open-top fermenters the grapes were inoculated with several strains of yeast and fermented at 30 degrees C. Post fermentation the parcels were pressed to oak barriques, 20% new, for 12 months maturation. The wine was blended, egg white fined and filtered to bottle.
Food Pairing: Merlot is particularly good paired with full-flavoured dishes, game, red meat, pizza and cheeses. Styled for enjoyment upon release or hold for up to 5 years as the wine will develop further complexity.
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Delicious - even ignoring the sharp price!
Matthew - 20/05/2020
Lovely to drink , crisp and fresh with no lingering aftertaste as some merlots tend to do .
deb - 07/05/2020
Pleasantly surprised. Lot`s of body
Nancy - 18/04/2021
Delicious and enjoyable
Deborah - 23/11/2020
Nice drinking wine that had some depth. Would buy again.
Alec - 14/09/2020
Quite a dry merlot, as in not the usual berry thing. Masses of flavour though, stays on the palate a long time but just a bit different. Big ups to the winemaker.
Mike - 09/05/2020
As a NZ red goes, value for money. Many Australian reds at the same price also just as good.
Mike - 24/04/2020
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