Winery Dominique Portet - Origine Merlot

Winery Dominique Portet Origine Merlot

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Origine Merlot of Winery Dominique Portet is a red wine from the region of Yarra Valley of Victoria.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Origine Merlot from the Winery Dominique Portet

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Origine Merlot of Winery Dominique Portet in the region of Victoria is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

On the nose the Origine Merlot of Winery Dominique Portet in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dominique Portet's Origine Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Origine Merlot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Yarra Valley wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Origine Merlot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Yarra Valley wines
Average rating: 3.5 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Origine Merlot from Winery Dominique Portet are 2017, 2016

Informations about the Winery Dominique Portet

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Yarra Valley in the region of Victoria

The Winery Dominique Portet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Yarra Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 15000 of of Australia wines
In the top 300 of of Yarra Valley wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Yarra Valley

The wine region of Yarra Valley is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. We currently count 315 estates and châteaux in the of Yarra Valley, producing 1556 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Yarra Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Victoria

Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.

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The word of the wine: Cordial

Said of a warm, heady wine. Also used to describe wines and spirits with allegedly therapeutic properties.

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