HARDYS NOTTAGE HILL MERLOT

Hardys Nottage Hill wines are some of the most successful ever to leave the shores of Australia. Their lively fruit-driven styles hold great appeal for wine lovers all around the globe.

Nottage Hill lies just outside the village of McLaren Vale in South Australia, one of the country's most highly-regarded wine regions. The place is named after Tom Nottage, nephew of the company's founder Thomas Hardy, who was winemaker at Hardys for over 60 years.

RECOMMENDATION: This wine is a real crowd pleaser and goes well with a variety of richer flavoured dishes like pasta, steaks and stews.
WINEMAKER’S COMMENTS: This wine has been made to maximise the varietal characteristics of the Merlot grapes. The result is a medium bodied wine displaying lifted fruit and softness. It has been aged in oak casks for 12 months prior to blending.
TASTING NOTES: The colour is brick red with purple tinges. Plummy fruit aromas dominate with jam characters and smoky, toasty oak. A well rounded palate exhibits the varietal softness of Merlot. The finish is fresh, clean and lingering.

WINE ENTHUSIAST: 85 POINTS & BEST BUY! Aromas of sweet blueberry and cherry fruit with a hint of violets on the nose. The palate displays rich, full flavours and soft tannins from both the fruit and the oak. The wine is soft and round with a good, clean palate length. (April 2006)

For more information, visit the Hardy Wine Company website.

Last Updated 01/14/08

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