Good colour, nose and interesting mix between roasted oak and cherry/cassis fruit, also mintiness, quite a finish for Merlot, a bit closed at this stage, opens up after a couple of hours, should develop well with some bottle age.
in the vineyard : 2 adjacent blocks: Dassievak and Draairy, 250m above sea level on a western facing slope
Age of vines: 7 and 8 years respectively
Clone types: MO12 and MO343A respectively
Rootstock: Richter110
Training method: 3-Wire vertical trellis
Soil type: Deep, highly weathered Oakleaf
in the cellar : Yeast type: WE372
18 days on the skins in closed tank, at temperature of 20 - 25°C, mixed by pumping over. 20 Months in small barrels, malolactic fermentation in barrel, egg white fined before bottling. Size: 300 Litre (1 x 228 litre) 9% new oak, balance 3rd fill, 100% French oak