GRANT BURGE BENCHMARK MERLOT

Grant Burge Benchmark Merlot

Medium crimson with a purple tinge. Rich dark berry and vanilla pod with a hint of clove spice. Fruit driven flavours of dark berry fruits, rich plum, blackcurrant and cherry with subtle hints of chocolate, mocha, spice and oak. Soft velvety tannins and good length.

VARIETIES: Merlot
REGION: South Australia
AGEING:  –
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Cellaring potential 3 – 5 years
SERVE: Serve at 14 – 18ºC

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Benchmark | Range | Grant Burge

Grant Burge founded his family business in 1988 in the heart of the Barossa Valley when he purchased an already well-established estate. Burge was no novice, having been an experienced industry veteran with other companies before taking on his own venture, and was also the fifth generation of a winemaking family that had originally emigrated to Australia from Wiltshire in 1855. Since the mid-2000s, he and his wife Helen have also welcomed their three children – the sixth generation – to the team.

Burge now has extensive holdings in the rich, red-brown soils of the Barossa valley including some of the finest and oldest shiraz vineyards as well as other sites further afield. From these plots come a number of single vineyard wines, as well as the fruit for his whole range of cuvées, which are predominantly red.

Benchmark is a delicious entry-level shiraz made to enjoy when young and vibrant. The Benchmark range of wines are a collection to honour the 1865 pioneer, Meshach Burge and his high standard of winemaking that fostered a legacy spanning five generations.