Food pairing
The perfect companion to red meat and rich tomato pasta dishes.
Production
A blend of all of our Merlot vineyards, approximately 20 acres are planted along the valley from Indian Rock to Osoyoos. For each of the component vineyards, the bunches were handpicked and sorted. The berries were crushed and cold soaked for four days. During fermentation the wine was pumped over twice daily to ensure proper tannin and colour extraction. Post fermentation the caps were kept moist for a further fourteen days before being pressed into barrel. Malolactic fermentation occurred in barrel over the Winter & fi��nished in the Spring of the following year. For 21 months, the Merlot was in a combination of one to three year old French oak barrels until just before bottling when the final blend was determined. Our Merlot was further developed in bottle for eighteen months in cellar prior to release.
