Alana Estate Martinborough Merlot 2020

Alana Estate Martinborough Merlot 2020French oak Ripe plum Floral notes Polished tannins "Youthfully appealing and fragrant, the wine shows ripe plum, blueberry, floral, olive and subtle game notes on the nose. The palate displays elegant weight and bright fruit flavours backed by smooth texture and polished tannins, finishing fruity and pleasingly dry. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit The fruit for this wine came from a vineyard situated on the Martinborough terrace. The

• French oak
• Ripe plum
• Floral notes
• Polished tannins

"Youthfully appealing and fragrant, the wine shows ripe plum, blueberry, floral, olive and subtle game notes on the nose. The palate displays elegant weight and bright fruit flavours backed by smooth texture and polished tannins, finishing fruity and pleasingly dry. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

The fruit for this wine came from a vineyard situated on the Martinborough terrace. The grapes were fully destemmed into a small open topped fermenter and inoculated with a cultured yeast.

The wine was pumped over once daily at the start of fermentation then plunged daily once fermentation slowed. After 12 days on skins, the wine was pressed to a stainless-steel tank for settling and then reached to French oak barriques for maturation. A spontaneous malolactic fermentation took place in the spring before the barrels were emptied under inert gas and filtered and bottled in March 2021.