Jenny Dobson "Mac" Merlot 2022

Jenny Dobson "Mac" Merlot 2022

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Description

Dedicated to my Uncle Mac (Robert McGregor Nell), adventurous, generous of spirit, gregarious, practical and always in a hurry. His character is a perfect match for an early drinking chilled out red.

I have fermented Merlot grapes grown on the Lesley’s Vineyard in the Hawkes Bay Red Triangle growing district, using traditional and carbonic maceration to ensure a fruit filled, softly textured supple red wine.

Packed with flavours of sweet summer plums and juicy berry fruit, this is a red wine with sass and panache and perfect to drink slightly chilled on a hot summers day. This is the wine I want to drink after a hot day working in the vineyard.

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Jenny Dobson

Jenny Dobson is one of this country’s most accomplished winemakers, known in her early vinous life as winemaker at Chateau Senejac in the Medoc, a position most unusual for a woman then. Her arrival into the Hawke’s Bay has seen her finger in many viticultural and vinification pies but her main job was as winemaker at Sacred Hill. Her solo project is her own label under her name: Jenny Dobson where she creates stunning Fiano, a white grape originally from Campania in southern Italy, in the Hawkes Bay.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Cabernet Franc blend

Cabernet Franc is thought to have its origins in the Basque Country in South Western France.  DNA evidence shows it is one of the parents of cabernet sauvignon (along with sauvignon blanc).  Cabernet franc is often partnered with merlot in red wine blends and it is THE grape variety used to make red wines from Chinon and Bourgueil in the Loire Valley.

 

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Hawkes Bay

Sunny Hawkes Bay is along the eastern coast of New Zealand's north island. It is here where some of the most fruit-forward wines come from. They are known for their tropical Chardonnays and their juicy reds from the excellent Bordeaux wines to the peppery Syrahs.