Pegasus Bay Maestro 2016
Maestro is part of the Pegasus Bay reserve series of wines and represents the very best of the estates Bordeaux fruit. As with all the Pegasus Bay reserve wines, this celebrated claret style wine is only made in exceptional years. After harvest in April, the grapes began fermentation naturally in stainless steel tanks. During this process the juice was regularly drained and sprayed back over the cap of floating grape skins (rather than plunging), to ensure a perfect tannin balance was extracted from the fruit. The wine was then gently pressed off and put into French oak barriques (50% new). The following summer, when the weather warmed, it underwent a natural malolactic (secondary) fermentation. After maturing in oak for 2 years, a selection from the best barrels was carefully blended to produce the most balanced yet complex wine possible. The finished Maestro blend is approximately 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Malbec. Dark purple and inky in appearance Maestro offers a plethora of both dark fruit and savoury aromas. Blackcurrant, dark plum and cassis sit alongside earthy notes of mushroom, leather, black olive and woodsmoke. The palate is plump and succulent with satisfying concentration and ripe tannins that add structure and complexity, all bound together with a core of refreshing acidity that balances the wine perfectly and prolongs its finish. While ready to drink on release, Maestro will reward careful cellaring for many years to come.
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The Producer Pegasus Bay | Waipara
Pegasus Bay is Canterbury’s top winery and can challenge – even match – the very best from elsewhere. In 1985, Ivan Donaldson established what is now Pegasus Bay’s home vineyard with wife, Christine and their four sons...
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The Region New Zealand | Canterbury
The Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island consists of two major wine areas; the plains (including Banks Peninsula) around the city of Christchurch, and the more recently developed valley area of Waipara, an hour's drive north of Christchurch. While grapes were first planted in Akaroa in...
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The Primary Grape Wine By Grape Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is a well known grape variety used to great effect in Bordeaux, France where it is vitally important to the classic wines of the Médoc. Here it is blended alongside Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Merlot to produce truly world-class wines. Cabernet...
The Primary Grape Wine By Grape Variety | Merlot
Merlot is a very popular red wine grape variety with big red and black fruit flavours of raspberries, ripe strawberries, plum and blackberry, giving the wine a softer taste. It is invaluable in the production or red wines from Bordeaux, particularly...