2023 Primrose Merlot

$90.00

Australia has a love hate relationship with Merlot. Merlot is a truly wonderful variety, but is fickle, tough to grow well. But the right clones, on the right site, in the right years and handled with care in the winery can produce a wonderful wine of depth and character. And our Primrose Merlot is certainly that.

In this case, a labour of love from the Schulz Primrose Vineyard, two barrels. Perfect fruit, 50% new french oak, 50% two year old, aged for 20 months.

Deep purple, beautifully rich red fruits, earth and spice. Medium to full bodied, elegant, ripe backed by firm line of natural tannin. This wine is just starting its journey and will improve for many years but if you want to try one of the very best, this is the one.

Australia has a love hate relationship with Merlot. Merlot is a truly wonderful variety, but is fickle, tough to grow well. But the right clones, on the right site, in the right years and handled with care in the winery can produce a wonderful wine of depth and character. And our Primrose Merlot is certainly that.

In this case, a labour of love from the Schulz Primrose Vineyard, two barrels. Perfect fruit, 50% new french oak, 50% two year old, aged for 20 months.

Deep purple, beautifully rich red fruits, earth and spice. Medium to full bodied, elegant, ripe backed by firm line of natural tannin. This wine is just starting its journey and will improve for many years but if you want to try one of the very best, this is the one.

Technical Tasting Notes

2024 MATARO PRESSINGS

GROWING SEASON
The dry winter and spring made the vines work during the early part of the growing season, and bud burst started in September, three weeks earlier than the year before. Damaging frosts particularly, in September and October meant some vineyards had significant damage that influenced their subsequent yield. Veraison in many vineyards was a month earlier than 2023.

Reds, with small berries, show intensity and vibrancy. An unseasonal heatwave in early March caused short-lived concern for growers, but for those grapes that were still hanging they recovered well in the cooler weather that followed. Depending on site and variety, crops are anywhere between 50 and 90% of normal. We have very high hopes for the vintage in the years to come.

TASTING NOTE
Mataro from the right block in the right barossa season can be a world class wine. 2024 was a wonderful vintage, producing fruit forward wines and the Schulz Hill Block is a tremendous vineyard block. Deep purple, beautifully rich red fruits, earth and spice. Medium bodied, ripe backed by firm line of fine tannin. This wine is just starting its journey and will improve for many years. A wine that shows how good Mataro can be!

Region/Sub Region: Barossa Valley / Ebenezer
Grape Variety: Mataro
Alcohol: 14.0%
Production: 400 bottles
Cellaring: 10+ years
Serve: Now with protein (!) or Cellar
Winemaker : Andrew Seppelt

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