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About our Merlot :
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Our
wine is the product of hands-on love and a single plot vineyard
We openly confess that our heart belongs to the vineyard. Throughout
the year we manicure the canopy in endless hours to perfection, aiming at
creating
optimal conditions for perfect ripening.
At harvest, the bunches are carefully
handpicked, with a stringent selection and sorting of the berries already in
the vineyard before it is transported in small 15 kg crates, guaranteeing that
only the best and undamaged fruit makes it into the cellar. Here, the fruit is
controlled again on a sorting table, then destemmed, slightly crushed and
finally fermented in stainless steel fermenters.
However, before fermentation has started, we
generally “bleed” the mash, i.e. drawing off some free run juice. This
enhances the concentration of our main wine, while yielding some beautiful grape
juice of top quality, which is then cold-fermented separately to become our
popular Pink Merlot.
Malolactic
fermentation and further maturation of our red wine takes place in small 225 l
oak barrels selected from top French cooperages. After one year of barrel
maturation, the different batches are carefully evaluated and blended in
tedious series of blind-tasting, and the optimal combination will eventually
make up our flagship wine Bein Merlot. |
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Bein Merlot
Merlot in classic
Pomerol style, elegant and complex, matured for one year in small oak barrels,
of which between 40% and 70% are new. The barrels are selected from top French
cooperages, made up of about 95% tight-grain French oak and about 5% American
oak for complexity. Our Merlot is generally complemented with a splash of
Cabernet, either Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet franc or even both, depending
on the vintage. After bottling we allow the wine to mature another year in the bottle before release. It
can be enjoyed young, but it will certainly reward the patient with the
development of beautiful
maturation flavours obver many years.
Serving
suggestion: serve at 18oC
, open an hour before or decant, best with a meal such as roast venison, or a
hearty pasta dish, also delicious with fine cheese and bread.
For more details please read the reports of the individual vintages
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the 2002 vintage
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the 2003 vintage
>>> the
2004 vintage
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the 2005 vintage
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the 2006 vintage
>>> the 2007 vintage
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Bein Little Merlot
This wine is made in
the same quality and style as our flagship Merlot, but matured in
third and fourth fill barrels. It is generally less tannic and earlier
accessible than our flagship Merlot, though we still see it as a very serious wine, well able to mature for
2-3 years. It is made up from the batches deriving from different corners
from our vineyard, from younger vines or from other barrel regime, which haven't
been included in our flagship blend. And like the latter, it is as well
complemented with a splash of Cabernet. Serve
ideally at 18oC, best with a meal: with its attractive flavours of dark berries and its rich
and supple palate, it sits well on any table, from vegetarian to richly sauced
beef.
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Bein Pink Merlot Our popular
dry rose
The must for making this wine is the
bleeding juice from the grapes of our flagship wine, in other words the free
run juice from our very best grapes. This juice is then further
processed like a top quality white wine, inoculated with special yeast
and slowly cold-fermented at 14oC over two to three weeks. This
allows the wine to develop the fresh floral aromas, which are so sought-after
in fine roses. After a short settling period, the wine is then bottled for an early
release, usually by May of the same year.
This fruity dry Rose is the perfect wine for
every occasion: As aperitif, as versatile companion to many dishes such
as salads, smoked salmon, fish and shellfish, Pizza or any other summer dish, or simply
enjoy on its own as the perfect sundowner to match the always stunning pink
sun-sets of Africa!
Serve chilled and drink young, best in its
first year of production.
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