This wine represents the beauty and style of a wine aged in quality wood barrels.
Year:
2004
Tasting Notes:
This Merlot has an intense ruby red color. Its palate is cherry preserves, with light notes of tobacco. It has soft and ripe tannins with a well balanced acidity. The barrels give it a smoky touch.
Varieties:
80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Carmenere. All the varieties are estate grown from Sandy Clay Loam.
Harvest:
Only hand-picked grapes, between March 25th and March 30th, 2004.
Ageing:
50% aged for 12 months in American and French medium toasted oak barrels.
Harmony with food:
Our Merlot should be served with poultry, lean pork, pasta or a variety of desserts. Try it with cold salmon. Perfect!
How to drink:
Cellaring until 2012: Decant the wine and let it breath for one hour, serve at 17°C (62,6ºF) in a wide. After 2012: decant and serve at 18°C (64.4ºF) in an elegant glass.
Age capacity:
2017, if the wine is stored between 15°C (59ºF) to 18°C (64,4ºF).