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Fire Gully Cabernet Merlot

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WINERY INFORMATION Winemaking For the first stage of the winemaking process Mike Peterkin uses a combination of open and closed fermenters and allows the wine six days on skins post-fermentation before transferring it into oak where it undergoes the malolactic fermentation and is matured for abou twelve months To enhance the wine s primary fruit flavours a majority of mature nbsp rather than new barriques are used Blending cabernet sauvignon 65 and merlot 21 and Cabernet Franc 14 gives the wine backbone and tightness of structure while emphasising its smooth soft texture and fragrance TASTING NOTES Given the great run of vintages of recent years it s not surprising that there s tremendous consistency from year to year with this red The current Fire Gully Cab Merlot is showing some restraint on the nose gently perfumed red berry aromatics opening onto a palate that has ripe plum and blackcurrant flavours It is medium to full-bodied a touch denser than the previous vintage and so showing more weight good structure and gentle grip on the finish It has the depth and power to reward short term cellaring and the velvety texture and pleasing approachability to make it difficult to resist over the next twelve months nbsp

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WINERY INFORMATION Winemaking For the first stage of the winemaking process Mike Peterkin uses a combination of open and closed fermenters and allows the wine six days on skins post-fermentation before transferring it into oak where it undergoes the malolactic fermentation and is matured for about twelve months To enhance the wine s primary fruit flavours a majority of mature nbsp rather than new barriques are used Blending cabernet sauvignon 65 and merlot 21 and Cabernet Franc 14 gives the wine backbone and tightness of structure while emphasising its smooth soft texture and fragrance TASTING NOTES Given the great run of vintages of recent years it s not surprising that there s tremendous consistency from year to year with this red The current Fire Gully Cab Merlot is showing some restraint on the nose gently perfumed red berry aromatics opening onto a palate that has ripe plum and blackcurrant flavours It is medium to full-bodied a touch denser than the previous vintage and so showing more weight good structure and gentle grip on the finish It has the depth and power to reward short term cellaring and the velvety texture and pleasing approachability to make it difficult to resist over the next twelve months nbsp

Vintage: 2015

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