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Harvest Detail:
100% hand picked
23/3 – 02/04/04
Brix 23.6 to 25.6°
Total acidity 4.7 to 7.1 g/l
pH 3.38 to 3.52
Bottling Detail:
13.5% alcohol
6.0 g/l acidity
3.50 pH
Bottled February 2006
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002
2006 - 2014. May throw some sediment: decanting recommended. |
Trinity Hill has an outstanding record of producing fine Merlot. The vintage of 2004 was excellent, providing richly flavoursome grapes for the talented winemaking team to work with. The result is a wine of great elegance, finesse and concentration - a testament to the enormous potential of the Gimblett Gravels region of Hawkes Bay to produce world class Bordeaux-style red wines.
Merlot 92%, Malbec 6%, Cabernet Franc 1%, Cabernet Sauvignon 1%.
100% Gimblett Stones Vineyard. The Vineyard is situated in the Gimblett Gravels area. Soils consist of river shingle, deposited by the Ngaruroro River. These soils are extremely free draining and of low fertility, growing low vigour vines producing small crops of intensely coloured and flavoured grapes.
2004 was an excellent season in the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawkes Bay, with the fruit ripening perfectly in mid to late season. We were able to harvest at full maturity. Merlot was outstanding.
Hand picked fruit was destemmed without crushing into closed top tanks for fermentation. Each variety was harvested and vinified separately. Pumping over and hand plunging with controlled aeration took place over the fermentation period to extract colour and tannin as gently and efficiently as possible. A post- fermentation maceration of the wine with the skins took place for a further three weeks to improve the texture and structure of the tannins. Daily tasting determined the optimum time to press the skins. After a brief settling period to clarify the wine, it was put into small French oak barrels of which 40% were new. Regular three-monthly racking followed to clarify the wines, with the malo-lactic fermentation taking place in barrel. After eighteen months in barrel, the individual components were assessed and blended. The resulting blend was bottled in February 2006 with a light egg white fining and a light filtration.
Superb deep ruby red.
Berryfruit and plums, chocolate and spice
Red meat, savoury pasta Try with a chocolate dessert! |
