Collaboration Impression Red - Merlot Cabernet Franc 2023

Dark black fruits, cassis and plum. Layered with elegant florals and brambley forest floor notes.
Soft, smooth & sleek on the entry with a juicy, rich, mid core of black fruits and a long, savoury, moreish finish.

Tasting Note: 33% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon & 33% Cabernet Franc, Bridge Pa & Gravels. Dark black fruits, cassis and plum. Layered with elegant florals and brambley forest floor notes. Soft, smooth & sleek on the entry with a juicy, rich, mid core of black fruits and a long, savoury, moreish finish.

Winemaking Notes: Hand picked in batches by varietal and destemmed with 100% whole berries. Cold soaked for 4-5 days and fermented in small open top fermenters. 16 months in old French oak barrels. Individual Barrel selection to taste. Unfined and unfiltered. 2023 was a challenging vintage for Hawke’s Bay. Intensive viticulture work was imperative throughout the growing season. High rainfall, humidity, reduced sunshine hours and Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the region early February was the icing on the cake. A silver lining was the harvest was weeks behind a normal growing season which mean’t very slow ripening and high acids so grape maturity levels were behind when the cyclone hit. As the season unfolded and settled into autumn it was a very late pick for a lot of the varieties, in some respects a saving grace.

Shipping Costs:

Store Pickup: Free
Auckland Region: $6.00
Central North Island (Whangarei to Rotorua excl. Auckland): $12.00
Rest of North Island: $15.00
South Island: $20.00

Approximate delivery times:

North Island: Next working day for orders placed before 3pm.

South Island: 2 working days for orders placed before 3pm.

*Please allow an additional 1-2 days for all rural deliveries.

** Freight times given are an approximate guide only and Point Wines cannot guarantee exact delivery times. Couriers may occasionally be delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. Delays may also occur due to stock levels.