Highway 50 Hawkes Bay Merlot Cabernets 2008
Region:
Gimblett Road Hawkes Bay
Drink Until:
31/12/2012
Varieties:
47% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Cabernet Franc
Foods:
Pasta and pizza are a great match with this wine.
Oak:
16 months barrel aging in small French and American oak.
Colour:
Bright red.
Nose:
The leather and plum aromas of Merlot, the aromatic spice and red currant character of Cabernet Franc with the cassis aroma and the backbone from Cabernet Sauvignon have combined to produce a complex, fruit dominant wine
Palate:
. Richness and soft, ripe tannins make this wine a serious yet eminently drinkable wine.
Background:
Alcohol:
13.5%
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