About the wine
Red wine with a twist
- A blend of Merlot and Cabernet with a touch of Touriga Nacional. Luscious drinking, rich, generous, smooth, with rustic tannins from the Ripasso technique
- Ben is a bit of a marverick in the Margaret River and with the help of Angel Funding he can show his wares to many more people. His skill deserves to be shared
- Made using a technique called 'Ripasso'. This method involves fermenting the wine with extra skins that have been air-dried prior. We air-dry the grapes into sultanas for another wine, but because there is so much flavour left in the skins, we re-use them in the Ripasso. It means 'to re-pass'
Best before
2-5 years cellaring time
Serving advice
Serve at room temperature, decant if possible
Food match
BBQ & Pizza! The 2 major food groups.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Australia
Margaret River
Merlot
Big Red
13.0% ABV
75cl
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Ben Gould
- Ben Gould is a winemaker from WA with 20 vintages under his belt. He started in the vineyard and has done every level of job there is.
- Named in the Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine in the best of the best for 2011, and Gourmet Traveller class of 2011 Top Ten. Max Allen went on to review Ben's wines as "... released a swag of wines that blew me away".
- Ben's wines are sourced from both his own vineyards and conventional vineyards across Western Australia. His recent vineyard purchase in Margaret River was with Angel help and it is in the process of becoming certified organic!
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