2001 Yering Farm Merlot

Tasting Note:
A dense wine with rich sweet juicy plum fruit and complex malty oak. Palate shows excellent intergration of fruit, oak and tannins with great structure and balance. Will age well.

Viticulture:
Our Merlot is grown on Scott Henry and GDC trellising to control vigour, maximise fruit exposure and produce low yeilds. The 2001 fruit quality was outstanding, rich in varietal flavour and helped by a warm dry summer. Handpicked early April.

Winemaking:
The Merlot was open fermented and plunged ny hand for optimum extraction of flavour, colour and fine tannins. Once fermented, the must was basket pressed and transferred to 225 litre French oak barriques for 18 months.

Winemaker: Alan Johns
Alcohol: 12.7%
pH: 3.6
Acidity: 6.5 g/l

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