Zema Estate Merlot 2006
$2599each
$311DOZEN
WineryZema Estate
Fruit Merlot
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
Each $25.99
$311.00
Currently out of stock
The brothers Zema go back a long way with viticulture, their family operated a wine bar in Calabria and Papa worked at Wynn's for over twenty years, planting, pruning and picking. Zema possess a natural affinity with the land, their first acquisition in Australia was a contemplative choice, a small block of mature vines in the very heart of Coonawarra. Merlot grows brilliantly here, the highly auspicious Terra Rossa soils yield wines with rich cherry violet bouquets and flavours, tender tannins and an intensity of fruit that's drinking magnificently.
Zema's vines are flattered by a regimen of the most fastidious management, training and pruning is carried out to the most exacting standards and yields are purposely kept low to optimize the quality of harvest. Merlot is picked to a schedule determined by full physiological ripeness as the fruit achieves an intensity and concentration of flavour. Grapes are crushed, de-stemmed into static fermenters and vinified under strict temperature controls for a week. A portion of the ferments are completed in barrel to enhance integration with oak. The finished components are matured sixteen months in a selection of French barriques. Alcohol 13.5%
TASTING NOTES
Attractive dark medium colour with purple hues. Ripe red berry, cassis and dark cherry nose supported by nutty French oak. The palate displays attractive soft plum and complex berry flavours. Extended French oak maturation has infused a vibrant richness and finely integrated, delicate oak character. Well structured and showing an outstanding depth of fruit, drinking very well after a few years of bottle age, match it with paella and coq au vin or a farced and well seasoned quail.
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About Zema Estate Wines
Grape growing and winemaking has been a large part of the Zema Family history and heritage dating back to the 1800s
Matteo Zema opened the first wine bar/tavern in Armo, Reggio Calabria in 1835, much to the angst of the local authorities at the time. Although the tavern no longer exists, it was this legacy and a passion for wine that has been passed down from generation to generation. After migrating to Australia, Nicola Zema started working for Wynns in 1953, hand pruning, picking and planting, a job that continued through until his retirement in 1975. Zema Estate»