2023 Merlot 'Levings' - 94 pts (Gary Walsh - The Wine Front) "...So good. I love it. "
REVIEW: 94 PTS - This is good Merlot. Plum, briar, Spanish black olives, dried herbs. It’s medium-bodied, but rich and full of savoury flavour, balanced acidity, plum and fresh blackberry, rich silty tannin, with a finish of excellent length. So good. I love it. (Gary Walsh - The Wine Front)
Orths vineyard (Valley floor)
open pot ferment with 100% destemmed fruit
cold soak for 4 days followed by daily plunge for 7 days then pressed to tank to complete ferment
natural ferment and malo-lactic
9 months in seasoned French oak puncheons
No fining or filtration.
only 1200 bottles made
REVIEW: 94 PTS - This is good Merlot. Plum, briar, Spanish black olives, dried herbs. It’s medium-bodied, but rich and full of savoury flavour, balanced acidity, plum and fresh blackberry, rich silty tannin, with a finish of excellent length. So good. I love it. (Gary Walsh - The Wine Front)
Orths vineyard (Valley floor)
open pot ferment with 100% destemmed fruit
cold soak for 4 days followed by daily plunge for 7 days then pressed to tank to complete ferment
natural ferment and malo-lactic
9 months in seasoned French oak puncheons
No fining or filtration.
only 1200 bottles made
REVIEW: 94 PTS - This is good Merlot. Plum, briar, Spanish black olives, dried herbs. It’s medium-bodied, but rich and full of savoury flavour, balanced acidity, plum and fresh blackberry, rich silty tannin, with a finish of excellent length. So good. I love it. (Gary Walsh - The Wine Front)
Orths vineyard (Valley floor)
open pot ferment with 100% destemmed fruit
cold soak for 4 days followed by daily plunge for 7 days then pressed to tank to complete ferment
natural ferment and malo-lactic
9 months in seasoned French oak puncheons
No fining or filtration.
only 1200 bottles made