Dark berries
Blackcurrant
Oak

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Selaks Taste Merlot

Name: Selaks Taste Merlot
SKU: 11960
Price: 16.99 NZD
Availability: OutOfStock

Wine · New Zealand · 13%

$16.99each

What it tastes like

Plum · red berry · soft tannins

Selaks Taste Collection Merlot features an approachable red wine with ripe berry flavours. This smooth Merlot delivers soft tannins and easy drinkability.

Dark berries
Blackcurrant
Oak

Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Selaks Taste Merlot

This Merlot comes from the Taste Collection, the flavour-led range from Selaks, a winery that began in West Auckland in 1934 and now makes its wine in Hawke's Bay. The grapes are Hawke's Bay Merlot, and the Rich Berry name on the winery's own label tells you what the wine is aiming for.

It pours a deep red. The nose is ripe plums and black fruits with a sweet, spicy touch from oak, and the palate is rich and mouth-filling, with the sweetness of the fruit held in check by acidity and tannin. The tannins are soft and fine, the finish is long, and spice and dried herb notes sit underneath the fruit.

A red with this much fruit and spice is made for food with some smoke and fat in it. Barbecued pork ribs are the obvious match, and slow-braised osso buco, a beef and vegetable stew or a wedge of hard, aged cheese all work as well. Give it a few minutes in the glass before the first sip so the oak settles and the plum comes forward.