Pure Gold Medal Air New Zealand merlot from the exemplary 2014 Hawke's Bay vintage
Full bodied with lifted ripe plum, dark blackberries, chocolate, and coffee
Delicious with exotic dishes lightly spiced such as a Moroccan inspired seafood Tagine or a Thai inspired spicy lobster soup.
Mystery Single Vineyard Hawkes Bay Merlot 2014
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Mystery Single Vineyard Hawkes Bay Merlot 2014
Accolades
Awarded Pure Gold Medal
Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2015
Awarded Gold Medal
Six Nations Wine Challenge 2017
Awarded Gold Medal
Sommelier Wine Awards 2017
Description
Very dense ruby core with thin purple highlights, with dense aromas of ripe plum, blackberry, coffee, dark chocolate and old leather. The palate is rich, round and full. A dense concentrated palate showing perfumed dark plums, blackberries and dark 70 per cent chocolate. Balanced acidity and a velvety texture melts into a heady aromatic spicy finish with old leather and roasted coffee.
This outstanding fruit was sourced from a single vineyard within Hawkes bay. The vigour moderating, free draining gravels of this area provided a superb base for this low cropping Merlot. This vineyard site has ideal ripening conditions for achieving the full aromatic profile and tannin structure that Merlot can give. Warm days and cooler nights with gravel rich vigour-moderating soils all contribute to small berries which give this wine concentration, perfume and a deep rich colour. The fruit was carefully monitored during ripening and harvested in the cool evening at maximum flavour maturity and physiological ripeness.
Perfect for drinking immediately this wine will continue to develop and delight for a minimum of five years from vintage
Food Pairing: Delicious with exotic dishes lightly spiced such as a Moroccan inspired seafood Tagine or a Thai inspired spicy lobster soup.
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Rosie - 01/10/2017
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