Merlot Riserva 2017 (100% Merlot)

Price range: $66.00 through $715.00

 

 

Description

The Wine

Poderi Crisci Merlot Riserva is produced using 100% Merlot fruit, grown in a very special parcel of the vineyard which we refer to as “The House Block”. The vines are very low vigour, producing only a small crop of intensely concentrated fruit.

Tasting Notes

 Very deep and dark on the nose, instantly intriguing. Black olives, forest fruit, leathery notes with mushrooms and truffles promise. A big wine on the glass.

A massive palate with everything in perfect harmony and very structured. Black fruit, blackberry, boysenberry, elderberry and mulberry bond together with superb tannins.

This wine will age almost forever and is one of our best!

A very fine palate, quite gravelly, flinty and with great backbone, almost like a Chablis. Lemon, lime, grapefruit and orange are all present, a touch of fig and intriguing “Sappyness”.  Above all a beautifully driven Chardonnay, built to cellar well for 10 years or more.