Petaluma Merlot 1999
$5999each
$719DOZEN
WineryPetaluma
Fruit Merlot
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
Each $59.99
Dozen $719.00
Currently out of stock
The 1999 is a stepping-stone on the long pathway of Petaluma's success at crafting the ultimate Coonawarra Merlot. The paradox of supreme quality is always how to achieve in the vineyard, concentration and structure without sacrificing the finesse which is a hallmark of the world's best Merlot. Coonawarra's innate suitability for this varietal, and Petaluma's distinguished sites, offer a mosaic which maximises the quality of this exceptional wine.
The crop level for the Petaluma Merlot is always low, due to pruning and a very selective harvest, usually kept at around 4 tonnes per hectare. Due to heat summation, Coonawarra is ideally suited to the Bordeaux varietals. The grapes for this vintage were perfectly ripe offering spicy ripe flavours, further selectivity in the winery has ensured only fully ripe grapes were incorporated into the final wine. The early ripening Merlot required less heat to ripen than other Coonawarra varietals. The small crop and optimal microclimate has made Petaluma Coonawarra Merlot an especially dense wine, the most intense since and including the very first release.
TASTING NOTES
The Petaluma Coonawarra Merlot has the spicy, minty varietal Merlot edge over a core of ripe plum fruit. As usual the wine is aromatic, the ripe plum palate and mulberry flavours of this superb wine are balanced by the delicate oak treatment, with the acid and significant tannin structure spine to age for a long time.
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Established by Brian Croser in 1976, Petaluma is one of Australia's most prominent wine companies.
The pre-eminent quality of Petaluma's wines is based on distinguished vineyard sites for each of the chosen varieties, in four important South Australian wine regions - Piccadilly Valley in the Adelaide Hills, for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills, for the Rhone varieties Viognier and Shiraz - Clare Valley, for Riesling and - Coonawarra, for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Petaluma»