Saint Clair Origin Merlot 2020

Colour: Deep plum

Aroma: Aromatic with bright ripe berries and spiced black plums.

Palate: A ripe and fruity palate with dark ripe plums and beautiful warmed spices. The palate's structure is refined like delicate cocoa powder.

Ageing potential: Approachable now and will continue to evolve for a further five years and beyond.

Food match: A perfect match for grilled fillet steak with mushrooms and a red wine sauce.

Following de-stemming into stainless steel tanks the grapes were cold soaked for five days. This assists with maximising the extraction of flavour and colour. Inoculated with specialised yeast to finish fermentation and then hand plunged and umped over for gentle extraction of colour, flavour and tannin. The young wine was kept in contact with skins and tasted daily until the right extraction and balance was achieved then gently pressed. Once settled it was then racked to settling tanks and seasoned French oak where it underwent secondary fermentation (malolactic fermentation). After ageing on light lees the wine was blended, fined, balanced and carefully prepared for bottling.