Merlot / Blends
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Lake Chalice Merlot 2007
NZD $18.00
Ruby red colour on release. Showing varietal aromas of boysenberry and plums. A medium bodied Merlot with vibrant fruit and supple tannins, with tones of chocolate and tobacco leaf and underlying spicy, toasty oak.
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Esk Valley Estate Black Label Merlot 2006
NZD $20.00
The wine is very deeply coloured and exhibits a nose of black fruits, plums, currants and oak. The palate is full bodied and soft with flavours once again of black fruits and chocolate, with a firm finish derived from fully ripened grapes. Although enjoyable as a young wine it will develop complexity with time in the bottle, and can be cellared with confidence.
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Alpha Domus The Navigator 2004
NZD $26.00
A complex aroma of ripe berryfruits, plums, violet. licorice and hints of leather. Influences of sweet vanilla and toast result from oak barrel maturation. Plum and blackberry flavours are supported by clove and spicy notes. Game and leathery characters add complexity. The ripe fruit, sweet oak and firm tannins create a robust, complex wine with excellent length.
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Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Merlot 2005
NZD $30.00
Deep garnet color. Aromas of ripe plum and raspberry with cedar and vanilla notes. Fine soft tannin belies the palate’s weight, the wine is soft and full with bright acids giving an overall impression of power and persistence. Spice and complexity is gained via the Cabernet Franc portion of the blend.
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Sileni Exceptional Merlot 2005
NZD $99.99
Dark in colour, with concentrated, ripe plum and licorice notes. Warm and rich on the palate with dark chocolate and fine, supple tannins on the finish.
Ruby red colour on release. Showing varietal aromas of boysenberry and plums. A medium bodied Merlot with vibrant fruit and supple tannins, with tones of chocolate and tobacco leaf and underlying spicy, toasty oak.
The wine is very deeply coloured and exhibits a nose of black fruits, plums, currants and oak. The palate is full bodied and soft with flavours once again of black fruits and chocolate, with a firm finish derived from fully ripened grapes. Although enjoyable as a young wine it will develop complexity with time in the bottle, and can be cellared with confidence.
A complex aroma of ripe berryfruits, plums, violet. licorice and hints of leather. Influences of sweet vanilla and toast result from oak barrel maturation. Plum and blackberry flavours are supported by clove and spicy notes. Game and leathery characters add complexity. The ripe fruit, sweet oak and firm tannins create a robust, complex wine with excellent length.
Deep garnet color. Aromas of ripe plum and raspberry with cedar and vanilla notes. Fine soft tannin belies the palate’s weight, the wine is soft and full with bright acids giving an overall impression of power and persistence. Spice and complexity is gained via the Cabernet Franc portion of the blend.
Dark in colour, with concentrated, ripe plum and licorice notes. Warm and rich on the palate with dark chocolate and fine, supple tannins on the finish.