Glenelly - Glass Collection Merlot 2013 75cl Bottle

Product Description

The Glass Collection Merlot is a deep rich coloured wine. It displays intense dark fruit aromas & spicy plums with touches of spearmint on the edge. This Merlot shows tremendous concentration, richness & generous fruit on the palate with fine but well structured & balanced tannins to embrace it all. The grapes were hand sorted & lightly crushed into stainless steel fermentation tanks. They were given a cold soak for three days before allowing the natural fermentation to start. Three pump overs a day were done on the tanks during fermentation, after which they underwent extended skin contact for 2-3 weeks. The wine was placed in French oak barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation. Matured for 12 months in French oak & rack on average every four months. Cool Winter ensured a good bud burst, it was 9 days early. Cool conditions during berry set lead to loose bunches. Berry size was smaller than other years. December was characterized by warm & dry climate Good analysis was achieved especially PH. Good wine quality. IWSC
- 2012 Silver.