The Winery Botham Merrill Willis of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud

Winery Botham Merrill Willis
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 74 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in Fleurieu in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Botham Merrill Willis is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Fleurieu to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines

Looking for the best Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines in Fleurieu among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

How Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or chicken curry samoussas.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

On the nose the red wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

  • 2009With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.82/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Fleurieu

Fleurieu is a wine zone located South of Adelaide, the administrative capital of South Australia, which takes its name from the French explorer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu. Across the zone Shiraz is the most common Grape variety, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are among the supporting cast. Five wine regions can be found within its boundaries: Currency Creek (to the west of Lake Alexandrina), Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek (between Lake Alexandrina and the town of Strathalbyn), McLaren Vale (in the northwest of the peninsula) and Southern Fleurieu (located on the peninsula and a section of the Mount Lofty Ranges). Overall, the Climate of Fleurieu is heavily affected by its proximity to the sea, producing a predominantly Mediterranean influence.

The seasons are characterized by milder temperatures than those experienced in some of South Australia's inland and high-altitude regions. The five regions within the zone have variable mesoclimates, dictated by their elevation and proximity to the coast. These conditions combine to make the peninsula an area which can support a variety of grape types.

The top white wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

How Winery Botham Merrill Willis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of paupiettes with tomato sauce, salmon and spinach lasagna or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

On the nose the white wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Botham Merrill Willis. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Botham Merrill Willis.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Baroque

From a morphological point of view, Baroque seems to have common origins with Tannat. Still called Blanc Bordelais, this white grape variety is distinguished essentially by the characteristics of its leaves. Those that are still young are both yellowish and downy. Their bumps have a somewhat bronzed appearance. The adult leaves have angular teeth. The leaves are not very three-lobed and have a pubescent, downy blade. The Baroque is grown in the Adour basin, mainly in Tursan and in certain vineyards in the Gers. Its production area is therefore not very large. This grape variety manages to resist oidium, unlike other varieties, and its harvest must be well done and free of rot. The harvest must be well done and free of rot, which leads to a better result and a more successful wine production. Moreover, the development of Baroque must be slowed down in time, bearing in mind that this type of grape variety only matures about twenty days after Chasselas.

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Discover the grape variety: Baco

Baco blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Landes). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by bunches of medium to large size, and grapes of medium to large size. Baco blanc is found in the vineyards of Languedoc & Roussillon.

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The word of the wine: Interknot

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).