Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019

Full, very dark, near impenetrable black-red colour with youthful purple hues on the rim. The nose is gently full and concentrated with youthful, primary aromas of ripe, black and blue berry fruits and spicy black plums, unfolding fragrant elevated red aromatics but also showing graphite and darker notes of tar and cedar oak elements. Medium-bodied, gently rich and sweet flavours of blackberries and spiced black plums feature on the palate and reveal spice, pretty red elements and darker brambly notes with cedar oak detail and interest with firm acidity giving the wine length.

Single vineyard wine, First planted in 1986 Merlot is 100% clone 481. Cropped to 2.5 tonne / Acre. All the grapes used for this wine are grown on a sustainable viticulture approved site

The grapes were gently machine harvested and sorted, gently destemmed to a small open top tank. A cold soak took place for approximately 5 days. The wild yeast were allowed to naturally take hold and ferment the wine. Fermentation was conducted hot to give the wild yeast free reign on fruit flavours and texture ferment lasted approximately 2 weeks. The wine was gently pressed directly to barrel, where it completed a wild malo-lactic fermentation. Matured in barrel for 18 months prior to being sterile filtered and estate bottled. Keeping in line with Moana Park’s philosophies, this product has had no animal products, sugar or additives of any type used on it

100% tank fermented. Matured for 18 months in 20% new 225L French barriques.