Tasting Notes

2007 Crossing Merlot

100% Merlot

Region:

Margaret River, Western Australia

Vintage:

2007

Tasting Notes

Dark crimson red in colour, this wine shows fruit characteristics on nose of black cherry, blackcurrant, raspberry, licorice, anise, mint chocolate and mocha vanillin oak. The palate is creamy smooth with a velvety texture, juicy berry fruit and spice flavours along with toasty vanillin oak and balanced fine tannins and a long finish.

Winemaker's Notes

The 2007 vintage was a terrific one with plenty of sunshine for close to perfect autumn ripening. There was no problem getting the Merlot grapes flavour and tannin ripe with balanced crops and canopies. .

Viticulture & Vinification

Grapes for the Juniper Crossing Merlot were sourced from our Estate grown grapes and supplemented with grapes from a contract grower in the Margaret River region. The grapes were picked from mid to late March with a Baume range of 13.0 to 14.0.

The grapes were de-stemmed prior to chilling and pumped to a fermentation tank where the must was cold soaked for about 5 days before inoculation with yeast. The wine was pumped over twice a day for extraction of colour and tannin and pressed out skins around 0 Be. After pressing the wine was racked into barrels to undergo malo lactic fermentation where it continued to mature for about 15 months in a mix of French and American oak of which 15% was new. Bottled in January 2009.

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