Yalumba The Y Series Merlot 2019

In 1847 a 37-year-old brewer called Samuel Smith left his home in Wareham, Dorset with his wife Mary and their four children. Boarding a simple three-masted barque they left Plymouth and began the long and arduous journey to Australia, arriving in Port Adelaide. From there they trecked north to Angaston where Samuel took a job as a gardener. It was arguably this brave decision to start a new life in a remote and distant land, together with the hardship that they endured, that formed the strong sense of family unity that has been the bedrock of the family business ever since. In 1849 he started the wine farm that would grow over the next 5 generations to become one of Australia’s leading wineries, with a winemaking culture that is internationally recognised and respected. To embrace the native culture, Samuel decided to adopt a local name for his farm, calling it “Yalumba” meaning “all the country around’’ in the indigenous Peramangk language.

The 2017 Y Series Merlot is fermented using only wild yeast found in the vineyard and winery. Stylistically the wine has moved towards a youthful style. The wine was fermented in both static and rotary fermenters by wild yeast with cool to warm ferment temperatures enabling us to maintain the fruit friendly, supple and youthful wine that we are seeking, which should express true ‘Merlosity’.

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