Esk Valley Hawke's Bay Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2023

Esk Valley Hawke's Bay Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2023This is a smooth and fruit orientated Gimblett Gravels blend. Deep purple in colour, it has a bouquet of dried herbs, red berries and subtle hints of cedar from a period of barrel maturation. It is soft and generous in nature and can be enjoyed as a youthful wine, but possess sufficient tannins to age gracefully for many years. This wine was blended from grapes grown within the renowned Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District. These deep stony soils

This is a smooth and fruit orientated Gimblett Gravels blend. Deep purple in colour, it has a bouquet of dried herbs, red berries and subtle hints of cedar from a period of barrel maturation. It is soft and generous in nature and can be enjoyed as a youthful wine, but possess sufficient tannins to age gracefully for many years.

This wine was blended from grapes grown within the renowned Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District. These deep stony soils have excellent drainage and low vigour, ideal for the production of high-quality red wine. Our vineyard sites are close planted and yields per vine are kept low to maximise quality. The cooler 2022 vintage resulted in a wine with focused and fresh red fruit flavours.

The individual vineyard and varietal parcels were destemmed to our concrete and stainless steel fermeters and allowed to ferment with wild yeast. Once active the ferments were hand plunged or gently pumped over to extract tannin and colour from the skinds. After a period of maceration on skins the new wines were pressed to barrel and tank for malolactic fermentation and subsequent ageing. The wine was blended and bottled in May 2023.

Food Pairing: Red meat and game, rich umami vegetarian dishes including tomato based dishes.