Foxtrot Merlot (12 - Bottles) 2017 x12

Wine Region

MARGARET RIVER

Drink Until

2020

Varieties

Merlot

Alcohol

14.0%

Foods

Star anise beef fillet, with parsnip and carrot mash.

Oak

Colour

Ruby red

Nose

A plum and cherry nose, with sweet herbs. Vanilla, cinnamon and cocoa aromatics from oak maturation

Palate

Plum and cherry palate, with a background of vanilla and milk chocolate.

Background

Merlot was harvested from a vineyard on Wildwood Road in the northern sub-region of Yallingup, from 20 year old vines, 10 km inland, from a vineyard in Carbunup sub-region. The fruit was crushed to open fermenters, in separate batches. The Merlot, benefited from warm fermentation temperatures (up to 30° C) over 10 days, with a short period, of extended maceration on skins, to allow texture and ripe tannins to develop. French oak was used for maturation over a period of 12 - 15 months, where malolactic fermentation was, also completed. The wine had lightly fined, prior to filtration.