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Weeping Sands Merlot 2009

Weeping Sands Merlot 2009

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$31.50

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Total of 6 bottles of any Obsidian wines

Tasting Notes

Deep purple with a dense dark core. The nose offers ripe plums, violets and hints of spice. The palate is rich and generous with scrumptious ripe fruit and soft supple tannins. (Winemaker's Note March 2010)

Accolades

★ ★ ★ ★ (4 Stars)

“Still very youthful, the 2009 vintage from Obsidian is an estate grown red, matured in French oak casks (15 per cent new). Mouthfilling and full coloured, with fresh, deep plum and spice flavours, a hint of coffee and oak complexity, it’s a concentrated, ripe savory red, with good cellar potential.”

Michael Cooper’s NZ Wine Buyers Guide 2011

SILVER MEDAL
NZ Royal Easter Show 2011

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Production

Season:

An even and abundant fruit set and warm start to the summer was followed by a brief unsettled period in February. Late summer and autumn were dry and balmy with cool nights, allowing good ripening for both red and white grape varieties.

Harvest:

Hand harvested - April 2009

Analysis:

Total Acidity 5.9g/L, Alcohol 13.5 %, pH 3.64

Oak:

15% new French oak, 85% seasoned French oak

Bottling:

March 2010, 450 Cases

Vinification:

The grapes were crushed and de-stemmed to open top fermenters, inoculated with selected yeasts and hand plunged twice daily. The wine was pressed to tank once dry and allowed to settle before being transferred to oak for malolactic fermentation. The