TROPHY & Gold Medal winning Merlot at the prestigious Royal Easter Wine Show
The palate is succulent and silky, and delivers attractive fruit intensity, nicely framed by fine tannins. A flavoursome medium-full-bodied red displaying lovely fruit flavours and a lingering smooth finish
Fending off numerous other higher priced wines to take out Trophy for best Merlot at the Royal Easter Show, this is quite frankly outta this world for value.
Mission Estate is one of our country’s leading, not to mention oldest wine producers, and their wine is consistently GOOD
Mission Estate Vineyard Selection Hawke's Bay Merlot 2015
Mission Estate Vineyard Selection Hawke's Bay Merlot 2015
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Awarded Trophy
Royal Easter Show 2017
Awarded Gold Medal
Royal Easter Show 2017
Awarded 4 Stars
Raymond Chan
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TROPHY & Gold Medal winning Merlot at the prestigious Royal Easter Wine Show
Fending off numerous other higher priced wines to take out Trophy for best Merlot at the Royal Easter Show, this is quite frankly outta this world for value. Mission Estate you rock! Silky, oh so smooth, it’s just what red wine lovers, love. Slip in to a glass of this now, you won’t be disappointed!
"It is beautifully lifted on the nose showing black/blueberry, plum, dried herb and toasted nut characters. The palate is succulent and silky, and delivers attractive fruit intensity, nicely framed by fine tannins. A flavoursome medium-full-bodied red displaying lovely fruit flavours and a lingering smooth finish. At its best: now to 2019." Sam Kim Wine Orbit
This is a rich and complex Hawke’s Bay Merlot. The oak is in balance and respects the wine’s structure and character. There is nice intensity on the front palate with very good tannins that are quite firm at bottling, but which will soften with time. The wine is harmonious, showing balance and softness.
Fruit from the different harvest schedules was all fermented in dedicated fermenters The fermentations were managed with minimal pumpovers to avoid over-extracting the grapes. When the fermentations were complete there followed a period of post fermentation maceration to develop the mouth feel of the young wines. After pressing the wines underwent MLF in tank before transfer to French oak barrels and Stainless tanks for maturation. After maturation for 12 months the wines were tasted before assembly and blending.
This Merlot was selected from vineyards with free draining soils including our vineyard on Mere Road. Extensive fruit thinning was applied to the vines prior to veraison. This ensured mature grapes.
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Silky smooth, serious value. An excellent buy from a solid NZ producer. Cheers BM
Susan - 20/03/2017
Very drinkable wine and great value.
Jenness - 25/06/2017
Love the flavour
Rod - 10/06/2017
Easy drinking and good value for money
Peter - 03/04/2017
very good wine,
Warren - 28/03/2017
usual good taste on 1st bottle
Peter J - 21/03/2017
Enjoying the moment I have with this lovely red!
Don - 21/03/2017
Bargain
Mark - 21/03/2017
It is a bit tannic still but hopefully will improve with age. I will leave in my cellar for another 12 months
Ken - 29/05/2017
A nice merlot for the price.
John - 29/05/2017
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