Winery Downing EstateMerlot
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The Merlot of the Winery Downing Estate is in the top 0 of wines of Heathcote.
Details and technical informations about Winery Downing Estate's Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Tardif
This is a very old grape variety in southwestern France, with "traces" found in the high Pyrenees, but also in the Atlantic Pyrenees and in the Gers. Virtually unknown in other French wine-producing regions, as well as abroad, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. Tardif is certainly the ideal grape variety to combine with Tannat, especially when the latter is in the majority. The overall quality of its polyphenols is such as to compensate for the often harsh tannins of Tannat in young wines.
Informations about the Winery Downing Estate
The Winery Downing Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Heathcote to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Heathcote
The wine region of Heathcote is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate or the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Heathcote are Cabernet franc, Malbec and Vermentino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Heathcote often reveals types of flavors of cream, cigar or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, pencil shavings or dried fruit.
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.
The word of the wine: Friand
A light, easy-drinking wine with an immediate and fresh fruitiness.
