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Estate Merlot 2018
$150.00 – $270.00
Tasting Notes
Our Estate Merlot displays aromatics of plum and spicy oak. The palate offers balanced flavours of red plums, savoury black olive and warm spiced oak.
Vinification
Merlot grapes are handpicked, de-stemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. The wine is then gently pressed and matured in French oak barriques for 18 months.
Winemaker: Scott McCarthy
2018 Vintage
2018 vintage saw some early season humidity but concluded with a warm and dry summer resulting in an earlier harvest date for this parcel of fruit on the 22nd of February.
Wine Reviews
"It's charming and immediately appealing on the nose showing dark plum, green olive, warm spice and toasted nut aromas. The palate delivers succulent fruit intensity backed by smooth mouthfeel and silky flow, finishing structured and attractively drying. At its best : now to 2030".
93 POINTS Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2022.
"As with the more recent vintage, the grapes were handpicked, de-stemmed and crushed into open top fermenters, before a gentle pressing into French oak barriques for 18 months. Deep magenta in colour, there are prominent plum and plum pudding notes, spices, dry herbs, bergamot and fruitcake. There is a hint of leafiness. Good focus and silky tannins for a mid-length wine. This will drink well for the next six to eight years. A really good Merlot".
92 POINTS Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot, June 2023.
Delivery
Free delivery for orders over $150. A flat $15 delivery fee will apply for orders under $150.
Additional delivery charges will apply if you are in remote regions of Australia.
Deliveries are made via Australia Post. Standard delivery times to all major cities is approximately 4-5 business days.
Vineyard
22 ACRES OF MATURE VINES
Gioiello Estate's vineyard is located within the Yea Valley on the Goulburn River, on the lower reaches of 651 metre high Mt Concord. Our 22 acres of mature vines were planted on north facing slopes between 1987 and 1992.