2001 Yering Farm Cabernet Merlot

Tasting Notes:
The 2001 Cabernet Merlot is a rich, full-bodied wine with soft, fleshy fruit and earthy complexities. The palate shows the benefit of blending, resulting in fine tannin structure and excellent balance. The smoothness of the Merlot creates a wine that is very drinkable & will develop with further age.

Viticulture:
The 2001 vintage produced excellent quality, a long dry summer, with no irrigation, produced smaller bunches with concentrated flavour. We hand pruned and shoot thinned, to expose the fruit. Selected parcels of fruit were hand harvested throughout April.

Winemaking:
The Merlot was picked first in early April, Cabernet Sauvignon was picked mid to late April. The fruit was hand selected and small parcels were put in open fermenters with regular plunging of the grape skin cap extracted a rich colour during fermentation. Matured for 18 months in French oak barriques before final blending.

Winemaker: Alan Johns
Alcohol: 13.0%
pH: 3.5
Acidity: 6.5 g/l

Bronze Medal 2002 Cool Climate Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2003 Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show
3 Stars Winestate September/October 2004
3 Stars Winestate September/October 2003
85 out of 100 James Halliday's 2005 Wine Companion

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