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Montage Cabernet Merlot 2008

Region
Riverina

Appearance
Vibrant purple, deep crimson

Bouquet
Sweet fragrant aromas of blackberries with underlying mint and hints of milk chocolate oak

Palate
A generous wine that shows sweet and vibrant fruit on the fleshy palate with soft mouth coating tannins.

Vintage Conditions
Warmer than usual January nights lead to some varieties reaching maturity earlier than previous years. Late ‘07 rains and showers in January ensured vines in good health. A cooler February than usual allowed for good fruit development and varietal expression.

Winemaking
Fruit was selected by the winemaker and picked when both flavour and Baumé were optimum. Warm fermentation temperatures and gentle colour tannin extraction were used to create a soft wine style.

Wine Analysis
Alc/Vol : 13.5 % pH : 3.55 TA : 6.55 g/L

Cellaring
A wine made to consume now or cellar for upto 2 years

Suggested Cuisine
This wine is excellent with beef or lamb dishes

General Characteristics
Dry Medium Bodied

87 Points

Fresh, clear red-purple; a light-bodied, well-balanced wine with good varietal expression of black fruits and plums; impossible to expect more at this price.

James Halliday, Australian Wine Company 2011, August 2010

Shortlisted
"The Montage Cabernet Merlot is bright, fresh and flavoursome, great drinking at a fair price."

Peter Forrestal, Quaff 2010, October 2009

Bloody Good
"A cheap and cheerful red blend from the Riverina at an everyday price: redcurrant and blackberry flavours, fleshy texture, soft and approachable."

Peter Forrestal, Quaff 2010, October 2009

"A cheap and cheerful red blend from the Riverina at an everyday price. Fleshy texture, soft and approachable."

Peter Forrestal, Sunday Times, July 2009

"I was looking at a selection of cabernet merlot for Quaff this week. Two of the wines that came up were both made by De Bortoli - this 'Montage' and 'Windy Peak' (sourced from the Yarra and a little more expensive). Frankly, there's not much between them in quality terms. I've chosen to write up the Montage because it's the cheaper. The Windy Peak has plenty of flavour, is well-made, has a bit more body and structure and is the more substantial wine. This 'Montage' is one of the modest quaffers from the Riverina that De Bortoli handle so well. There's heaps of flavour here, medium body, lots of redcurrant and blackberry fruit, terrific fleshy texture, and decent balance. There's nothing complicated, just a clean, fresh well-made red: a quintessential quaffer."