Tasting Note

                 Sydney Time

           Copyright © Ric Einstein 2009

Summerfield 2004 Merlot Aug 06

The bouquet shows plums and varnished oak characters which leads to a savoury palate of plum, milk chocolate and spice, but there is herbal influence too, possibly caused by a combination of mainly ripe, but some unripe fruit. Powdery tannins provide a very solid backbone to this ample-weight wine with a supple consistency. Rated as Agreeable with *** for value, it is the weakest wine in the line up and the only one I did not enjoy, but then I rarely enjoy straight Merlot. The wine is sealed under screwcap and sells for $23 from the winery.