2021 Picardy Merlot Cabernet Franc

Tasting note by Ambrose Nock:
"The elegance of the Picardy Pinots carry through to the 2021 Merlot Cabernets, offering a lighter and more finessed old world inspired blend than you’ll encounter from further North-West.

At this stage the wine is largely fruit driven, with fragrant and uplifting aromas of bright red fruits and violets. The violets carry through to the palate, accompanied by chalky and structural tannins, the oak subtle and integrated.

Out of interest I opened up a 2011 of the same label next to it. The wine was gorgeous, and a picture of balance, but still quite primary: perhaps five years away from the onset of tertiary flavours one might look for when aging these wines."