Squawking Magpie The Nest Merlot 2015

Squawking Magpie The Nest Merlot

Region: Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Vintage: 2015

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Merlot

ABV: 13%

Fragrant with red rose, violet, dark plums, and spice aromas. Lush, full-bodied, and mouth-filling, it maintains depth and velvety texture. Black doris plums and sweet, spicy leather flavors unfold on the palate. Supported by fine tannins, the wine's well-rounded balance is a testament to its quality.

The Gimblett Gravels fruit was handpicked and gently handled to ensure skins were not torn or seeds crushed as we destemmed and moved the grapes to our small fermenting vats, then basket pressed. They allowed the natural yeast on the grape skins to carry out the ferment and hand plunged as required to ensure the ripe fruit flavours and texture were balanced by fine structural tannins. The Nest spent 18 months in small French oak barrels, 30% of were new

The Squawking Magpie team hold a firm belief that great wines come from excellent grapes. The proof is certainly there to be tasted, especially when the wine maker of is someone known as 'The Red Queen'. And yes, it couldn't be anyone else other than, Jenny Dobson, one of New Zealand's leading wine makers.

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