Lake Chalice The Nest Merlot 2019

Appearance: Bright burgundy red Bouquet: Aromatic fruits and warmed Christmas spices with hints of fresh new leather. Palate: Softly textured with a graphite mineral-like structure alongside dark fruits. Cellaring: Enjoy now or cellar up to 7 years. But you really don’t have to wait to enjoy this Merlot. It’s okay, you can buy another one for the cellar.

At our winery, the harvested grapes were held cold for five days for optimum flavour extraction. During the height of primary fermentation, the juice is plunged by hand up to 8 times a day. The finished wine is kept on skins until the right extraction and structure is achieved then gently pressed to tank. The wine completes final malolactic fermentation in the tank before being blended and prepared for bottling.