Primo Estate Merlesco Merlot
$2399each
$287DOZEN
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Merlot
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
Each $23.99
$287.00
Available in cartons of six
Hey there gastronauts and bon vivants, here's a secret Joe Grilli's family have known for generations, that fresh young reds are quite often, best enjoyed lightly chilled. Perfect for sharing with friends on a warm summer evening, Merlesco is a deliciously uncomplicated, juicy Merlot wine for unwinding after a hot and bothered day. The team at Primo are not going to tell you how to drink it but this one keeps popping up whenever mates and good food are around.
Merlesco combines fruit from two McLaren Vale sites. The McMurtrie Road property on the valley floor enjoys sunny days and cooling evening breezes from the nearby ocean. Primo's dry grown, shale strewn, Angel Gully in the subregion of Clarendon is the highest vineyard in McLaren Vale, where it enjoys a long, slow growing season with cool evenings and warm days. Harvesting Merlot throughout the chill of night and treating it to a cool fermentation keeps the grapes pristine for a wine that's rich, soft and full of juicy fruit. A regimen of light pumpovers adds extra colour, followed by gentle air bag pressing and four months spent softening in old oak barrels to keep the flavours fresh and young.
TASTING NOTES
Bright purple red colour. Fresh blackberry, blueberries and cherry dominate the bouquet. Juicy young fruits of the forest flavours are balanced by good acidity and soft tannins. Delighfully fruit driven with less than a whisper of oak, this is not for the cellar. Merlesco has nailed the style in a deliciously refreshing and quaffable wine, an invigorating young red to be drunk chilled. It will taste even better served out of tumblers, alongside antipasto and pizzette.
Wines by Primo Estate
Primo Estate Cold Pressed Extra Virigin Olive Oil 750ml
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Olive
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $37.99
  $455.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate II Briccone Shiraz Sangiovese
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Shiraz Sangiovese
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $26.99
  $323.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate La Biondina
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Colombard
Regions Adelaide
  South Australia
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate La Magia Botrytis Riesling 375ml
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Riesling
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $33.99
  $407.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate Merlesco Merlot
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Merlot
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate Nero dAvola
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Nero DAvola
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $28.99
  $347.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate Prosecco
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Glera
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $24.99
  $299.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate Venetian Garganega
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Garganega
Regions Veneto
  Italy
  Each $27.99
  $335.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Estate Zamberlan Cabernet Sangiovese
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit CabernetSauv Sangiovese
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $34.99
  $419.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Joseph Angel Gully Shiraz
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Shiraz
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $83.99
  $1007.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Joseph d Elena Pinot Grigio
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit Pinot Grigio
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $32.99
  $395.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
Primo Joseph Moda Cabernet Merlot
WineryPrimo Estate
Fruit CabernetSauv Merlot
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $83.99
  $1007.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
About the Primo Estate Winery
Primo Grilli planted his vineyard in 1973 a a spot 30 kilometres north of Adelaide within the rich fertile market gardening land of Virginia
Only 3 kilometres from the coast, Virginia enjoys the benefits of the cool sea breezes that sweep over the plains in the evenings. Primo built his vineyard with passion and understood completely the life of a vine. The grapes were grown to be turned into wine. His eldest son Joseph grew up with the vines tending them with the rest of the family. Joseph was to be a winemaker. It was not a conscious choice, not an expectation, just a progression, what he had to be. From his very first vintage, at age 20, Primo Estate's Joe Grilli wanted to create revolutionary wines. Ever since, Joe has been doing exactly that; creating some wonderfully dazzling and unconventional wines under the Joseph and Primo Estate labels. Primo Estate»