2022 Wantirna Estate Hannah Cabernet Franc Merlot

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Super special, super rare - this Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend from Wantirna Estate is inspired by the elegant wines of Saint Emilion.

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Description

The Hannah Cabernet Franc Merlot is made in extremely limited quantities, with only a single barrel produced of it each year.

It's inspired by the wines of Saint Emilion in France, known for their intriguing fragrance, elegance and complexity, and that's precisely what you'll find inside this bottle.

It's definitely a special wine, and if you get the chance to get your hands on it, don't pass it up. It's one to linger over with a book, surrounded by rich mahogany.

96 points
"Only 288 bottles in existence! Lifted and perfumed, you will find aromas of kirsch, peony, pencil box shavings from the new oak and some freshly ground coffee beans. Suave and persistent on the palate with super fine, ever so gently chewy tannins. Elegance personified. If you're lucky enough to get your hands on a few bottles, your patience in opening them 5, 10 or 15 years from now will be well rewarded."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

A blend of around 50% of each variety, the wine is aged in a new barrique from the Burgundian cooperage of Dargaud and Jaeglé. To capture the fragrance and perfume of the cabernet franc, and the mulberry character of the merlot, the recent wines have been bottled after 12 months in barrel. A further 15 months of bottle-aging occurs before the wine is released.

96 points - "Aged for 11 months in just one new French barrique, and therefore there are only 288 bottles in existence! Lifted and perfumed, you will find aromas of kirsch, peony, pencil box shavings from the new oak and some freshly ground coffee beans. Suave and persistent on the palate with super fine, ever so gently chewy tannins. Elegance personified. If you're lucky enough to get your hands on a few bottles, your patience in opening them 5, 10 or 15 years from now will be well rewarded." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

Wantirna Estate

Wantirna Estate is a family affair, founded in 1963 by Reg and Bertina Egan.

This bucolic old-world-inspired vineyard is located not far from Melbourne town centre; now surrounded by suburbia, the proverbial rose amongst the thorns.

Now run primarily by Reg and Bertina's daughter Maryann, the estate produces a small premium range of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and classic medium-bodied Bordeaux blends that are elegant, classic and exceptional options for the cellar.

Reg describes their vineyard as a "never-ending world of change and enchantment".

Reg & Maryann Egan Wantirna Estate

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