Elderton Estate Merlot 2022 Single Malts & Blends

Elderton Estate Merlot 2022 Single Malts & BlendsWinemakers Comments A proper winter, complete with enough rain and without a frost risk, allowed us to hope for some generous fruit flavours in our 2022 Merlot. With young vines we have to be careful to manage crop levels as we expect a layer of tannin and a serious aspect to this wine. Our Merlot is harvested just metres from the winery then fermented in open vats where we carefully manage extraction to ensure the fruit carries the wine with

The 2018 vintage finishes with 13

wine – but with clarity and a finely mobile flavour

pastis and warm stone notes liberally infuse a core of steeped cherry and plum paste flavors in this red

"A fresh and tangy Brunello that is clean and bright with a light body

‘Luminous straw

There are hogsheads

The 4 to 6-year-old VSOP comes from the picturesque La Pouyade winery

Had this since 2019 from an uncle – nearly 3 hectares extra

just south of Savennieres near the village of La Possonnière with sandy soil and across the road is his main vineyard Clos de la Hutte beside which he has built a remarkable small and modern winery which has its temperature and humidity regulated by a thermal energy system which is buried below the ground around the winery

The vines grow on the superb Baleyron gravelly hillock around the house and winery buildings

Whole bunch pressed at cool temperatures to tank and the juice was cold settled

It was aged sur latte for twelve and a half years prior to disgorgement in December of 2019 and finished with a dosage of seven grams per liter