LAKE CHALICE THE NEST MERLOT

Lake Chalice The Nest Merlot

GRAPES: Merlot
AGEING PERIOD: Seasoned French oak where it underwent secondary fermentation (malolactic fermentation). After ageing on light lees the wine was blended, fined, balanced and carefully prepared for bottling, storage advice : Enjoy now or cellar up to 3 years

Fruit was harvested from a number of specifically chosen, naturally low cropping vineyards from both Marlborough’s Wairau Plain and the Hawke’s Bay winegrowing district.

Tasting notes
Bright burgundy red, floral and fruit driven, with ripe red plums and notes of Cassis. A fleshy fresh fruit driven palate of juicy plum with a fine powdered like structure.

Wine & Food Match
A versatile Merlot, great with casseroles, roasts and barbecues.