Cumulus Vineyards Climbing Merlot 2021 (6 Bottles) Orange

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Lifted dark berry fruits, cherry and sweet plum aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with red berry fruits combined with softly integrated oak, liquorice and spice notes. Enjoy with roasted meats or Italian style red sauced pasta.

Harvested from our premium Merlot parcels, blocks 34 and 31. Following harvest the fruit was de-stemmed, then inoculated with a Merlot strain of yeast to go straight into a warm ferment. The
juice was pumped over the skins twice daily, longer at the start of ferment reducing to only a few minutes per day once the ferment had finished.

The blocks were pressed off skins separately, with both parcels being transferred to oak. The wine was matured in French oak barrels (10% new, with the remainder being older) for 12 months. Post oak maturation the parcels were racked, then blended and filtered for bottling.

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Description

Established in 1995, Cumulus Vineyards is located in Boomey approximately 40 kilometres north-west of Orange. Sprawled over rolling hills in the Orange GI wine region, our 508-hectare property is one of the largest single-estate vineyards in Australia.

The newly illustrated wrap label includes an embellished circus ticket with serrated edges honouring the history of the travelling circus in the region and surrounding areas. Climbing wines exhibit intense flavours courtesy of lower yielding vines set on ancient soils, extremely cool nights and carefully nurtured viticulture.

About Orange
Set on ancient soil 600 metres above sea-level, our hometown of Orange is the largest and highest cool-climate winemaking region in Australia. The cooler mornings at our high-altitude estate create ideal growing conditions resulting in intense, fruit forward wines.

In addition to having an excellent winemaking climate, Orange is a beautiful town with wonderful architecture and a rich history. Although it sometimes appears to be a quiet country town, Orange comes to life in April when it hosts Orange F.O.O.D Week and in October for the Orange Wine Festival. These events attract people from all over Australia who visit Orange to sample some of the best local wines and produce that the region has to offer.

Oatley Fine Wine Merchants

Renamed in August 2015, Oatley Fine Wine Merchants is the Oatley family’s Australian wine distribution business.

Oatley Fine Wine Merchants is focused on becoming a leading independent premium wine merchant recognised for the quality of the wines we offer and for the services we provide to our customers. We are committed to offering the flexibility of representation that meets your venue’s specific needs.

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