Winery Penfolds - Cellar Reserve Merlot

Winery PenfoldsCellar Reserve Merlot

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cellar Reserve Merlot of Winery Penfolds is a red wine from the region of Adelaide Hills of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Cellar Reserve Merlot from the Winery Penfolds

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cellar Reserve Merlot of Winery Penfolds in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak

On the nose the Cellar Reserve Merlot of Winery Penfolds in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Penfolds's Cellar Reserve Merlot.

Winemaker
Peter Gago
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
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

Cellar Reserve Merlot - 2013
In the top 100 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Cellar Reserve Merlot - 2010
In the top 100 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Cellar Reserve Merlot from Winery Penfolds are 2010, 2013

Informations about the Winery Penfolds

The winery offers 157 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Treasury Wine Estates.
It is in the top 90 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Adelaide Hills in the region of Australie du Sud
Find the Winery Penfolds on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Penfolds is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 191 wines for sale in the of Adelaide Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 9000 of of Australia wines
In the top 4500 of of Adelaide Hills wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Adelaide Hills

The wine region of Adelaide Hills is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 491 estates and châteaux in the of Adelaide Hills, producing 1814 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Adelaide Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

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