2017 Moonvine Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon

2017 Moonvine Merlot Cabernet 'Bordeaux Blend'

Vineyard | St Clare & Smyth Vineyards, Watervale, Clare Valley

Winemaker | Justin Ardill, Owner & Winemaker since 1993

Winemaking & Viticulture |  This first vintage release wine has been handcrafted from a small parcel of premium fruit sourced from dry-grown old vines in Watervale South Australia.

These aged vines produce small yields of premium quality fruit with concentrated flavours and balanced acidity. Handpicked at optimal ripeness, our winemaker Justin Ardill uses traditional winemaking techniques of open fermentation, cold soaking, prolonged skin contact and hand plunging before gently pressing to extract maximum colour, flavour and tannin from the berries.

Maturation in fine-grained French oak hogsheads for 24 months has allowed development of smooth vanilla oak characteristics. 

Blend | 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Profile | This full-bodied wine shows layers of ripe summer berries, chocolate vanilla, silky tannins. The wine displays well-integrated oak with a long lingering finish.

Specifications | 15.0% alc/vol // TA 6.10g/L // pH 3.55 // RS 3.5g/L

Cellar to | 2027

Provenance | Watervale, Clare Valley

V17 // First Vintage Release